Baturité Explained

Official Name:Baturité
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Coordinates:-4.3289°N -38.885°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Brazil
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Northeast
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Ceará
Subdivision Type3:Mesoregion
Subdivision Type4:Microregion
Subdivision Type5:Metrop. region
Leader Party:PDT
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Francisco de Assis Germano Arruda
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:308780
Population Total:35,941
Population As Of:2020 [2]
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name:HDI (2010)
Blank Info:0.619 – medium[3]
Timezone1:BRT
Utc Offset1:-3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Area code

Baturité is a city of Ceará State, Brazil 80km (50miles) 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

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Área territorial oficial . IBGE . 5 December 2010. 10 October 2002. Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02).
  2. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ce/baturite/panorama IBGE 2020
  3. Web site: Archived copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf . 8 July 2014 . 13 March 2022 . United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
  4. Web site: Baturité -- Estações Ferroviárias do Estado do Ceará.