Imperatriz, Brazil

Welcome to Imperatriz, the second most populated city in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhão. This bustling city is a hub for commerce, energy, and culture, and boasts a strategic location that benefits not only the state, but the entire north of Brazil. Imperatriz is a crossroads of industries, including soy production, timber extraction, steel production, family farming, rice production, and potential power generation and pulp. The city is also a center for mining, mainly in the reserve of Ciriaco. To support these industries, Imperatriz serves as a local wholesale and retail center for goods from the south of Maranhão, north of Tocantins, and east of Pará. Transportation options include the Belém-Brasília highway, the Tocantins River, and the North-South and Carajás Railroads. Imperatriz is also home to the Catedral Nossa Senhora da Fátima, the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Imperatriz. Despite its industrial focus, Imperatriz still values its primary and secondary sectors, particularly agribusiness, which includes farming of bovine livestock, soy, rice, manioc, and sugar cane. The city has a total of 5,657 commercial and 730 industrial enterprises, and is served by Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport. Imperatriz’s geography is characterized by gallery forests, stream valleys, humid fields, and palm paths. The city has a typical tropical savanna climate, with a wet season from November to April and a dry season from May to November. Imperatriz is known for its changeable weather conditions, with temperatures ranging from 13 °C or 55.4 °F to over 40 °C or 104 °F within a single day. Skateboarder Rayssa Leal, winner of the silver medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the youngest Brazilian athlete to participate in the Olympic Games ever, was born in Imperatriz. Come explore this dynamic city and discover all that it has to offer!