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Aracati
Ceará, Brazil · South America
About Aracati
Aracati sits on the route: 25 minutes from Fortim.
Aracati is in Ceará, Brazil, with about 44,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Fortim, about 13 km away.
Aracati (locally [aˌɾakaˈti]) is a city or municipality in the state of Ceará, in the northeast region of Brazil. The city was officially founded on April 11, 1747. It is part of the microregion of Litoral de Aracati, which is one of the four microregions that make up the macroregion of Jaguaribe. It is the birthplaceRead more
of the revolutionary Eduardo Angelim, the romanticist Adolfo Caminha, the bishop Manuel do Rego Medeiros, the abolitionist Dragão do Mar, the actor Emiliano Queiroz, the classical pianist Jacques Klein and the writer Yury Teodósio.
The city center of Aracati was named an important historical site in April 2000 by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage of Brazil. The city has several colonial-period residences, and churches from the 17th and 18th century. The facades of many residential buildings of Aracati have well-preserved examples of azulejo, the blue-white ceramic tiles common in Portuguese colonial architecture.
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Aracati is in Ceará, Brazil, about 13 km from Fortim.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 44,293
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Ceará
- Timezone
- America/Fortaleza
- Coordinates
- -4.5617, -37.7697
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