Maracanaú
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Maracanaú is a municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Its name comes from Tupi language and means "lagoon where maracanãs (red-shouldered macaws) drink", because of the presence of these birds flying over the lagoons in the city's area. Its area is , and its population is 229,458 inhabitants (2020 estimate).
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The entry is geolocated on the map in BR, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities in Ceará.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Maracanaú
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_shield
- Brasão de Maracanaú.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Badeira de maracanaú.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Ceara Municip Maracanau.svg
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- Location in Ceará state
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- Brazil
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- Location in Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ceará
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Mesoregion
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- Microregion
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- Metrop. region
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- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Demonym
- maracanauense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Ceará
- Population
- 157151
- Area
- 105
- Elevation
- 54
- Shares border with
- Pacatuba
- Official website
- www.maracanau.ce.gov.br
- Image
- Composição Maracanaú.jpg
- Dialing code
- 85
- Patron saint
- Joseph
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- twinned administrative body
- Grândola
- Commons category
- Maracanaú
- Human Development Index
- 0.686
- inception
- 1983-01-01
- electorate
- 164215
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Sports
- Subdivision
- Health
- Education
- Infrastructure
- References
Maracanaú is a municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Its name comes from Tupi language and means "lagoon where maracanãs (red-shouldered macaws) drink", because of the presence of these birds flying over the lagoons in the city's area. Its area is , and its population is 229,458 inhabitants (2020 estimate).
As of 2019, it is the Brazilian city with a population greater than 100,000 with the highest homicide rate, having 145.7 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maracanaú” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations