Ceará
State o Ceará | |
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| Motto(s): Terra da Luz (Land of Light) | |
 Location o State o Ceará in Brazil | |
| Coordinates:5°5′S40°23′W/ 5.083°S 40.383°W | |
| Kintra |  Brazil |
| Caipitalan Lairgest Ceety | Fortaleza |
| Govrenment | |
| •Govrenor | Cid Ferreira Gomes |
| • Vice Govrenor | Francisco José Pinheiro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 146348.3 km2(56,505.4 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 17t |
| Population (2010 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,448,055 |
| • Rank | 6t |
| • Density | 58/km2(150/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 11t |
| Demonym(s) | Cearense |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2011 |
| • Total | R$ 84,360,000,000 (12t) |
| • Per caipita | R$ 9,666 (Leet o Brazilian states bi gross domestic product) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2005 |
| • Category | 0.523 |
| Time zone | UTC-3(BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-02(Brasília Summer) |
| Postal Code | 60000-000 to 63990-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-CE |
| Website | ceara.gov.br |
Ceará(Portuguese pronunciation:[siaˈɾa][2]) is ane o the 27statesoBrazil,locatit in the northeastren pairt o the kintra, on theAtlanticcoast. It is currently the8t lairgest Brazilian state bi populationan the17t bi aurie.It is ane o the main touristic destinations inBrazilan aw. Thestate caipitalis the ceety oFortaleza.
Literally, the nameCearámeans "sings thejandaia".[3]Accordin taeJosé de Alencar,ane o the maist important writers o Brazil an an authority in Tupi Guaraní,Cearámeans turquoise or green watters. Thare are theories that the state name wad derive fraeSiriaráan aw, a reference tae thecrabsfrae the seashore.
The state is best kent for its extensive coastline, wi 600 kilometer (370 mi) o sand. Thare are muntains an valleys producintropical fruitsan aw. Tae the sooth, on the mairch oParaíba,PernambucoanPiauí,is the NaitionalForestoAraripe.
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Censo 2010: população do Brasil é de 190.732.694 pessoas
- ↑InBrazilian Portuguesevariant spoken in Ceará. TheEuropean Portuguesepronunciation is[siɐˈɾa].
- ↑"Língua Indígena. O nome Ceará"(PDF).Revista do Instituto do Ceará. 1999. Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 3 October 2008.Retrieved6 September2007."Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 20 Mairch 2009.Retrieved4 October2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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