| Canindé | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Official Name: | The Municipality of Canindé |
| Nickname: | Meca Nordestina |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ceará |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ceará |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Rozário Ximenes (REPUBLICANOS, 2021 - 2024) |
| Area Total Km2: | 3218.423 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Total: | 77,244 |
| Population Rank: | 405th |
| Population Density Km2: | 23.14 |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | -4.3586°N -39.314°W |
| Area Code: | +55 85 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | 60000-000 |
| 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.
See also: History of Brazil.
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]
See also: Geography of Brazil.
Canindé has a tropical semiarid climate with temperatures that goes from 25 °C to 32 °C [3]
The soil in Canindé is composed of non-calcium type (55.14%), litholic (12.52%,), and others (4.04%).
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.
On June 21, 1847 it was installed the city building in Canindé Downtown.
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).