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Tremembé People
The Tremembé or Teremembé people are an indigenous people in the states of Ceará and Maranhão in Brazil. Settlement area Existing members of this ethnicity are centered in the Almofala district of the municipality of Itarema, and a few more in the neighboring municipalities of Acaraú and Itapipoca, on the Atlantic coast of Ceará, some 150 km north of the state capital of Fortaleza. CEDI (1990) estimates that the Tremembé were 3,060 until 1986, but a more recent estimate places their numbers at merely 1,175. The Tremembé people live in tipis. History The Tremembé were one of the few ''Tapuia'' ("non- Tupi people") that lived on the Brazilian coast on the advent of European contact c. 1500. The Tremembé ranged over a large coastal area ranging across the modern states of Pará, Maranhão, Piauí and Ceará. The ethno-historical map of Nimuendajú situates the traditional territory of the Tremembé in two segments along the northern Atlantic coast of Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Dos Tremembé - 1629
Terra may often refer to: * Terra (mythology), primeval Roman goddess * An alternate name for planet Earth, as well as the Latin name for the planet Terra may also refer to: Geography Astronomy * Terra (satellite), a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite * Planetary nomenclature#Terra, Terrae, extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies ** List of terrae on Mars ** List of terrae on Venus ** Terra, a list of lunar features#Terrae, highland on the Moon (Luna) Latin and other * ''Terra Australis'' (southern land), hypothetical continent appearing on maps from the 15th to the 18th century * ''Terra incognita'', unknown land, for regions that have not been mapped or documented * ''Terra nullius'', land belonging to no one, nobody's land, empty or desolate land * Terra preta ("black earth"), very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin Places * Terra, Cyprus, a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus * Terra Alta, West Virginia, a for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bragança, Pará
Bragança, Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The municipality contains part of the Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005. It contains the Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2005. History The city was founded as New Bragança (after Bragança, Portugal). See also *List of municipalities in Pará This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Pará (PA), located in the North Region of Brazil. Pará is divided into 144 municipalities, which are grouped into 22 microregions, which are grouped into 6 mesoregions. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caucaia
Caucaia is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Ceará. As of 2020, it has a population of 365,212. It is home of the Tapeba tribe, a native group organized in 17 villages around the metropolitan region of Fortaleza. Caucaia has the second biggest GDP of Ceara state, thanks to the industries surrounding the port of Pecem A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ha ..., and it is attracting several investors interested in installing offshore windfarms and dessalination plants in the municipality. Geography Caucaia is close to the capital city of Fortaleza and is home to a state garden park. There is a market in the center of the town with fish, fruits, and souvenirs for the tourists. Caucaia can be reached by the train that departs from the center of the city by the Feiras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquis Of Pombal
Count of Oeiras () was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated July 15, 1759, by King Joseph I of Portugal, and granted to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, head of the Portuguese government. Later, through another royal decree dated September 16, 1769, the same king upgraded the title to Marquis of Pombal (). List of the Counts of Oeiras (1759) and Marquises of Pombal (1769) *Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo (1699–1782), 1st Count of Oeiras and 1st Marquis of Pombal; *Henrique José de Carvalho e Melo (1748–1812), 2nd Count of Oeiras and 2nd Marquis of Pombal. Also Chairman of the Lisbon Senate; *José Francisco Xavier Maria de Carvalho Melo e Daun (1753–1821), 3rd Count of Oeiras and 3rd Marquis of Pombal; *Sebastião José de Carvalho Melo e Daun (1785–1834), 4th Count of Oeiras and 4th Marquis of Pombal; *João José Maria de Carvalho de Albuquerque Daun e Lorena, 5th Count of Oeiras; *Manuel José de Carvalho Melo e Daun de Albuquerque So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tutóia
Tutóia is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. The municipality Felipe Gatão contains part of the Delta do Parnaíba Environmental Protection Area, created in 1996. See also *List of municipalities in Maranhão This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Maranhão (MA), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Maranhão is divided into 217 municipalities, which are grouped into 21 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions. Se ... References Municipalities in Maranhão Populated coastal places in Maranhão {{Maranhão-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaraú River
The Acaraú River is a river of Ceará state in eastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Ceará List of rivers in Ceará (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Ceará drain to the ... ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Ceará {{Ceará-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesuit
, image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = ChristogramOfficial seal of the Jesuits , abbreviation = SJ , nickname = Jesuits , formation = , founders = , founding_location = , type = Order of clerics regular of pontifical right (for men) , headquarters = Generalate:Borgo S. Spirito 4, 00195 Roma-Prati, Italy , coords = , region_served = Worldwide , num_members = 14,839 members (includes 10,721 priests) as of 2020 , leader_title = Motto , leader_name = la, Ad Majorem Dei GloriamEnglish: ''For the Greater Glory of God'' , leader_title2 = Superior General , leader_name2 = Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ , leader_title3 = Patron saints , leader_name3 = , leader_title4 = Ministry , leader_name4 = Missionary, educational, literary works , main_organ = La Civiltà Cattolica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guajajara
The Guajajara are an indigenous peoples of Brazil, indigenous people in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. They are one of the most numerous indigenous groups in Brazil, with an estimated 13,100 individuals living on indigenous land. History In 1901, the Guajajara fought Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Capuchin missionaries in what is regarded as the last Brazilian "war against the Indians." Chief Cauiré Imana had succeeded in uniting many villages to destroy the Capuchin mission and expel all whites from the region between the cities of Barra do Corda and Grajaú, Maranhão, Grajaú. The Guajajara were defeated by a militia made up of army contingents, military police, and Canelas warriors. Guardians of the forest The "guardians of the forest" are a forest protection group primarily composed of Guajajara tribal members living on Arariboia Indigenous Land, a territory in the north-eastern edge of the Amazon rainforest in Maranhão, Brazil. They operate with the intent of prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urubú
The Ka'apor are an indigenous people of Brazil. They live on a protected reserve in the state of Maranhão. They were the subject of a book by anthropologist Dr. William Balée in an exhaustive study of their ethnobotany lifeways and the historical ecology of the area they currently inhabit. They live in a heavily deforested area of Pre-Amazonian forest, but have managed to protect the forest within their designated reserve. There is a high degree of congenital deafness among the Ka'apor, and consequently most of the hearing community knows sign language. (See Ka'apor Sign Language Ka'apor Sign Language (also known as Urubu Sign Language or Urubu–Ka'apor Sign Language, although these are pejorative) was a village sign language used by the small community of Ka'apor people in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. Linguist Jim ....) Their forest reserve is under attack from illegal loggers, and in September 2014 the tribe took matters into their own hands when they attacked a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabajara
Tabajara were one of the Tupi tribes of indigenous people who lived on the easternmost portion of the Atlantic coast of northeast Brazil in the period before and during Portuguese colonization. Their territory included portions of the modern states of Ceara, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte, and Pernambuco. The name means ''lord of the village'' from Tupi-Guarani ''taba'' village, and ''jara'' lord. During the colonial period, populations of Indians, Tabajara among them, were decimated by being slaughtered by the colonists, driven inland, enslaved, dying of European introduced diseases and by intermarrying. They currently live in the regions of Poranga, Monsenhor Tabosa, Tamboril, Crateús Crateús is a Brazilian city in the northwest of the state of Ceará in Northeastern Brazil with an estimated 75,159 inhabitants, and one of the most important and oldest cities in the county. Popularly known as the Capital of the West, it is ... and Quiterianópolis and in the backcou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potiguara People
The Potiguara (also Potyguara or Pitiguara) are an indigenous peoples in Brazil, indigenous people of Brazil. The Potiguara people live in Paraíba, in the municipalities of Marcação, Baía da Traição and Rio Tinto, Paraíba, Rio Tinto. Their population numbers sixteen thousand individuals, who occupy 26 villages in 3 reservations (''Indigenous territory (Brazil), Terras Indígenas''): Potiguara, Jacaré de São Domingos e Potiguara de Monte-Mor. Their name, ''Potiguara'', means "shrimp-eaters", from ''poty'', "shrimp", and ''uara'', "eater", according to Brazilian writer José de Alencar. History According to José de Alencar, the Potiguara were allies of the Portuguese during Brazil's colonial period, especially during the Dutch Brazil, Dutch invasion of Brazil. António Filipe Camarão, a chief of the Potiguara in the seventeenth century was rewarded with a noble title and membership in the prestigious Order of Christ (Portugal), Order of Christ for his loyal service t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
