Ceará

This article relates to the Brazilian State. For the footballer, to see Marcos Venâncio de Albuquerque.

The Ceará is one of the States Brésil. It is located at the north of the Nordeste area; it is bordered in the North-East on 775 km by the Atlantic Ocean.

It has a surface of 146.348 km ² and counted 7.976.563 inhabitants in July 2004 and 8.097.276 in July 2005 (IBGE). Its climate is tropical. Annual temperature of 27°C, and average precipitation of 775 Misters.

Its capital is Fortaleza (2 374.994 inhabitants in 2005 - source IBGE) whose metropolitan region reached 3.349.876 inhabitants the same year (Caucaia 303.970 h., Maracanau 193.879, Maranguape 98.429, Aquiraz 69.343, Pacatuba 60.701, etc).

Principal cities (of more than 100.000 inhabitants.): Juazeiro C Norte, Sobral, Caucaia, Itapipoca, Maracanaú.

Geography and climate

Ceará belongs entire to the field of the " Caatinga ", semi-arid medium of Brazilian Nordeste characterized by a short wet season, limited to 3 or 4 months per annum, like by a large biodiversity. The strong seasonal variation of the climate makes that there exists a fauna and a flora adapted to many conditions of the medium. The prevalent climate is semi-arid, very hot and dry. During nearly 9 months per annum there is no precipitation and the average temperature reaches 30 degrees in certain areas of Sertão. During the months of rains (generally from February to May) the temperature goes down somewhat towards the 25 degrees from average. The littoral areas as well as the heights profit on the other hand from a less unhealthy climate with temperature and moisture more favorable to the vegetation. The averages of the littoral go from 23 to 28 degrees. In the heights, they go from 20 to 25 degrees. In Fortaleza on the coast the absolute minimum is of 19°, the absolute maximum being of 32°.

Tourism

The state of Ceará is rich in tourist attractions but is especially famous for these superb beaches still relatively saved by tourism of mass. The site of Jericoacoara, in the West of Fortaleza or the beach of Canoa Quebrada in the East, is as for him famous for its fresh water lakes in the middle of dunes near the sea. In addition a chain of authentic villages of fishermen, such as Prainha, Iguape and especially Caponga, skirts the superb wild beaches to the East of Fortaleza.

See too

Sertão

External bonds

  • Tourism in Ceará (Portuguese)
  • Ceará in photographs and vidéos. (Portuguese, French, English)
  • Canoa Quebrada, Brazil
  • - the Councils and information on the real estate with Ceara and its Fortaleza capital, Brazil (Portuguese, French, English, Spanish)

Simple: Ceará

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