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Crateús
Also known as Crateus
Crateús is a Brazilian city in the northwest of the state of Ceará in Northeastern Brazil with an estimated 75,159 inhabitants, and one of the most important and oldest cities in the county. Popularly known as the Capital of the West, it is a city with significant regional importance, standing out in the traditional function of marketing rural products, resulting from the development of family agriculture, with emphasis on the large production of corn and beans, at the foot of the rich valleys in the region, geographically cut by the Poti River and Serra Grande. It was once one of the largest
Key facts
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- Crateús
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- Regional Capital
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- Crateús at night
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- Kariri: kará (fish) te (land) and ús (sun)
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- Brazil
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- Country
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- Brazil
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- State
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- Ceará
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