Baturité

Baturité
Baturité
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Ceará state
	Baturité Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 04°19′44″S 38°53′06″W / 4.32889°S 38.88500°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Ceará
Government
• Mayor	Francisco de Assis Germano Arruda (PDT)
Area
• Total	308,780 km2 (119,220 sq mi)
Population (2020 )
• Total	35,941
• Density	0.12/km2 (0.30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)	0.619 – medium

Baturité is a city of Ceará State, Brazil 80 km (50 mi) from the state capital Fortaleza. It is located in the microregion of Baturité. The population estimate in 2020 was 35,941 inhabitants.

Economy

The economy of Baturité is mainly agricultural and based on the cultivation of cotton, sugar cane, rice, maize and beans.

History

Baturité received the first railway in the state of Ceará. It started to operate in 1873. Today, this train station is a museum.

Notable people

Nilto Maciel (1945–2014), writer

References

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^ IBGE (10 October 2002). "Área territorial oficial". Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02). Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ IBGE 2020
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Baturité -- Estações Ferroviárias do Estado do Ceará".

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[IBGE_Área-1] IBGE (10 October 2002). "Área territorial oficial". Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02). Retrieved 5 December 2010.

[2] IBGE 2020

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Baturité -- Estações Ferroviárias do Estado do Ceará".

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