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:''not to be confused with [[Axixá do Tocantins]] in Tocantins State''
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| name                    = Axixá
| settlement_type         = Municipality
| image_skyline           =
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| image_map               = Maranhao_Municip_Axixa.svg
| map_caption             = Location in Maranhão state
| pushpin_map             = Brazil
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Brazil
|coordinates             = {{coord|2|50|13|S|44|3|10|W|region:BR_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Brazil}}
|subdivision_type1      = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
|subdivision_name1      =[[Northeast Region, Brazil|Nordeste]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[States of Brazil|State]]
|subdivision_name2      =[[Maranhão]]
|subdivision_type3      =Mesoregion
|subdivision_name3      =Norte Maranhense
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| leader_title            = Prefect
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| area_total_km2          = 203.194
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| population_total        = 12,183
| population_as_of        = 2020 <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ma/axixa/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref>
| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone1               = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]]
| utc_offset1             = &minus;3
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'''Axixá''' is a [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipality]] in the [[states of Brazil|state]] of [[Maranhão]] in the [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast region]] of [[Brazil]]. The main town lies on the left bank of the [[Munim River]], upstream from [[Icatu]].<ref>{{Google maps | url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/2%C2%B050'13.0%22S+44%C2%B003'10.0%22W/@-2.820181,-44.0465809,16909m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-2.836944!4d-44.052778?hl=en | access-date =9 February 2017}}</ref>
The municipality contains part of the {{convert|1,535,310|ha}} [[Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area]], created in 1992.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|APA Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças – ISA}}|language=pt
|title=APA Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental
|url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/pt-br/uc/6878|access-date=2017-02-09}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of municipalities in Maranhão]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://axixa.ma.gov.br/ Official site] {{in lang|pt}}
{{Municipalities of Maranhão}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Axixa}}
[[Category:Municipalities in Maranhão]]
{{Maranhão-geo-stub}}