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.
The economy of Baturité is mainly agricultural and based on the cultivation of cotton, sugar cane, rice, maize and beans.
Baturité received the first railway in the state of Ceará. It started to operate in 1873. Today, this train station is a museum.