Ceará
state in the Northeast Region of Brazil
Ceará is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. Ceará has many beaches, which brings a lot of tourism.
State of Ceará | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Terra da Luz (Land of Light) | |
 Location of State of Ceará in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 5°05′S 39°39′W / 5.08°S 39.65°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Capital and Largest City | Fortaleza |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Camilo Sobreira de Santana |
| • Vice Governor | Izolda Cela |
| Area | |
| • Total | 146,348.3 km2 (56,505.4 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 17th |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,606,005 |
| • Rank | 8th |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 11th |
| Demonym | Cearense |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2011 |
| • Total | R$ 84,360,000,000 (12th) |
| • Per capita | R$ 9,666 (List of Brazilian states by gross domestic product) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2005 |
| • Category | 0,723 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-02 (Brasília Summer) |
| Postal Code | 60000-000 to 63990-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-CE |
| Website | ceara.gov.br |
Geography
changeCeará has an area of 148,016 km². It shares borders 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. Its northern border is the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Fortaleza.
References
changeOther websites
change- Official Government Site
- Tourism guide Ceará
- Fortaleza Tourism guide and maps Archived 2005-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
| States of Brazil | 
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| Acre | Alagoas | Amapá | Amazonas | Bahia | Ceará | Espírito Santo | Goiás | Maranhão | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso do Sul | Minas Gerais | Pará | Paraíba | Paraná | Pernambuco | Piauí | Rio de Janeiro | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Sul | Rondônia | Roraima | Santa Catarina | São Paulo | Sergipe | Tocantins | |
| Federal district: Distrito Federal | |