Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP.
Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. Being located in north-central Piauí 366 km from the coast, it is the only capital in the Brazilian Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. With 902.644 inhabitants, Teresina is the 19st largest city in Brazil, and the 16th largest state capital in the country. Together with Timon in the neighbouring state of Maranhão, it forms a conurbation with a population of about 2.729.527 inhabitants; the entire metropolitan region of Teresina has over 2.893.729 inhabitants. The only natural barrier that separates Teresina from Timon is the Parnaíba river, one of the largest in the Northeast.
Oeiras is a municipality in the Microregion of Picos, in the northeastern Brazilian State of Piauí.
José Wellington Barroso de Araújo Dias, known as Wellington Dias, is a Brazilian politician, Governor of Piauí, and a former federal Senator representing Piauí. He is a member of the Workers' Party.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracaju is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in the State of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, in the city of Aracaju. Two World Heritage Sites are owned by the Archdiocese in São Cristóvão, Sergipe: the Misericórdia Hospital and Church and the Church and Convent of Santa Cruz, also known as the Church and Convent of Saint Francis.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza is an archdiocese located in the city of Fortaleza in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maceió is an archdiocese located in the city of Maceió in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal is an archdiocese located in the city of Natal in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão is a Latin archdiocese in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina is an archdiocese located in the city of Teresina in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista is an archdiocese located in the city of Vitória da Conquista in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina, in northeastern Brazil's Piauí state.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Teresina, in northeastern Brazil's Piauí state.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Floriano is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Teresina, in northeastern Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oeiras is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Teresina in northeastern Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Parnaíba is a diocese located in the city of Parnaíba in the ecclesiastical province of Teresina in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Teresina, in northeastern Brazil's Piauí state.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Crateús is a diocese located in the city of Crateús in the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilhéus is a diocese located in the city of Ilhéus in the ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia in Brazil.
