Canindé, Ceará

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Canindé, Ceará

Coordinates: 4°21′31″S 39°18′50″W / 4.358569°S 39.313954°W

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Canindé
Municipality
The Municipality of Canindé
Statue of Saint Francis
Flag
Nickname: Meca Nordestina

Coordinates: 4°21′31″S 39°18′50″W / 4.358569°S 39.313954°W / -4.358569; -39.313954
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Ceará
Government
• Mayor	Rozário Ximenes (REPUBLICANOS, 2021 - 2024)
Area
• Total	3,218.423 km² (1,242.640 sq mi)
Population (2020 ^[1])
• Total	77,244
• Rank	405th
• Density	23.14/km² (59.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code	60000-000
Area code	+55 85
Website	Canindé, Ceará

Canindé is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Ceará. It is the 11th most populous city in the state. It is known for being religious, especially during the annual Saint Francis Party that lasts an entire week. The municipality receives millions of tourists every year, and the most visited places are the Saint Francis statue and the Saint Francis Church.

History

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The Curu River and the Choró River were inhabited by Native Brazilians, the Tapuia. After the 17th century, Portuguese colonizers started habituating the land.

In 1775, Xavier de Medeiros, right at the border of the Canindé River, started building a church for Saint Francis. Nowadays, the church is at the same place; however, it was totally reformulated by the Italian architect Antonio Mazzoti and the painter George Kau. In 1818, Canindé became a village, and on July 29, 1846, the Municipality of Canindé was declared.^[2]

Geography

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climate

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Canindé has a tropical semiarid climate with temperatures that goes from 25 °C to 32 °C ^[3]

Soil

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The soil in Canindé is composed of non-calcium type (55.14%), litholic (12.52%,), and others (4.04%).

Fauna

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Canindé has a semiarid climate and so most of its fauna is composed of animals that are well adapted to it like Canindé birds, armadillos, lizards and sparrow-hawks.

Politics

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On June 21, 1847 it was installed the city building in Canindé Downtown.

Education

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Canindé has three public high schools: the Paulo Sarasate School, Frei Policarpo School and the School of Professional Education Capelão Frei Orlando^[4] and one private high school, theCNEC-Canindé. The city also host a headquarters of the Federal Institute of Education (IFCE).

References

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^ IBGE 2020
^ "História".
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2014-11-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2014-11-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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