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'''Teresina''' is the capital and most populous [[municipality]] in the [[Brazil]]ian 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 871,126 inhabitants, Teresina is the 21st largest city in Brazil, and the 15th largest state capital in the country. Together with Timon in the nearby state of Maranhão, it forms a [[conurbation]] with a population of about 978,734 inhabitants; the entire metropolitan region of Teresina has over 1,226,509 inhabitants. The only natural barrier that separates Teresina from Timon is the [[Parnaíba River|Parnaíba river]], one of the largest in the [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast]].
Teresina is the capital with the first best quality of life in the North-Northeast according to FIRJAN<ref>{{cite web |last1=FIRJAN |first1=Sistema |title=Índice FIRJAN de Desenvolvimento Municipal – IFDM |url=https://www.firjan.com.br/data/files/E8/06/F0/D5/58E1B610E6543AA6A8A809C2/Metodologia%20IFDM%20-%20Final.pdf |website=Sistema FIRJAN |publisher=FIRJAN |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> and the 4th in Brazil. It is among the 50 cities in the world with the highest
Its motto is the Latin phrase ''Omnia in Charitatis'', which means, in English, "All for charity". The city is the birthplace of, among others, [[Torquato Neto]], who belonged to the [[Tropicalismo]] movement.
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