Ceará

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
Flag Coat of arms
Location of State of Ceará in Brazil
Coordinates: 5.08°S 39.65°W / -5.08; -39.65
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)
• Total	8,606,005
• Rank	8th
• Density	58.804954/km2 (152.30413/sq mi)
• Rank	11th
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

Ceará 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.

Ceará Media

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  Kitesurf in Fortaleza.

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  Rio Cocó em Fortaleza

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  Aguas Belas beach, in Cascavel.

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  Köppen climate types of Ceará, Brazil.

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  Panorama of Fortaleza in 1811.

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  Map of Ceara State in 1924, (Portuguese edition)

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  Campo do Prado, in Fortaleza, Brasil.

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  Imagem da Avenida Beira Mar na década de 1980 antes da urbanização da feirinha da beira mar

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  Colégio Militar de Fortaleza

Other websites

• Official Government Site
• Tourism guide Ceará
• Fortaleza Tourism guide and maps Archived 2005-01-02 at the Wayback Machine