São Luis: Maranhão State Capital

São Luis, the capital of Maranhão, is located on a beautiful tropical island.











Its principal industries are sugar refining, a rum distillery, cotton mills, plants for processing cacao, and factories for metallurgical products, chemicals, and hammocks. Exports include babassu palm oil, castor beans, balsam, hides and skins, lumber, cotton, sugar, rice, cassava, and corn. 




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