About São José de Ribamar
São José de Ribamar is a city in Maranhao, Brazil with a population of 259,164. It is the 119th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 2,207th largest worldwide. It lies 1,530 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 122
Coordinates
-2.556, -44.060
Record updated
16 July 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 2,250 in BrazilClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.