Ceará

Also known as State of Ceará, CE, Ceara State

Ceará (, ; , ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of Fortaleza, the country's fourth most populous city. The state has 4.3% of the Brazilian population and produces 2.1% of the Brazilian GDP. It is divided into 184 municipalities.

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Ceará is one of Brazil's 26 states, located in the northeast on the Atlantic coast, and is known as a major tourist destination with a capital city (Fortaleza) that ranks as Brazil's fourth-largest city. The state is economically significant, accounting for about 4.3% of Brazil's population and 2.1% of its GDP across 184 municipalities.

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Settlement.name: Ceará
Settlement.native_name_lang: pt
Settlement.settlement_type: State
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira do Ceará.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 125px
Settlement.image_shield: Brasão_do_Ceará.svg
Settlement.motto: Terra da Luz (Portuguese)"Land of Light"
Settlement.image_map: Ceara in Brazil.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Northeast
Settlement.seat_type: Capital and largest city
Settlement.seat: Fortaleza
Settlement.leader_title: Governor
Settlement.leader_name: Elmano de Freitas (PT)
Settlement.leader_title1: Vice Governor

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: cearense
Population: 8794957
Area: 146348.3
Elevation: 279
Official website: www.ceara.gov.br
Image: Foz rio jaguaribe.JPG

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Commons category: Ceará
Commons gallery: Ceará
inception: 1891-00-00
short name: CE
Human Development Index: 0.734
electorate: 6327015
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Ceará has an area of . It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba, on the south by Pernambuco state, and on the west by Piauí.

Ceará lies partly upon the northeast slope of the Brazilian Highlands, and partly upon the sandy coastal plain. Its surface is a succession of great terraces, facing north and northeast, formed by the denudation of the ancient sandstone plateau which once covered this part of the continent; the terraces are seamed by watercourses, and their valleys are broken by hills and ranges of highlands. The latter are the remains of the ancient plateau, capped with horizontal strata of sandstone, with a uniform altitude of . The flat top of such a range is called a chapada or taboleira, and its width in places is from . The boundary line with Piauí follows one of these ranges, the Serra de Ibiapaba, which unites with another range on the southern boundary of the state, known as the Serra do Araripe. Another range, or escarpment, crosses the state from east to west, but is broken into two principal divisions, each having several local names. These ranges are not continuous, the breaking down of the ancient plateau having been irregular and uneven.