Baturité is a city of
Ceará State, Brazil from the state capital
Fortaleza. It is located in the
microregion
Microregion is a designation for territorial entities.
Austria
*Microregion (Tyrol)
Brazil
* Microregion (Brazil)
Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer
A microregion is a geographic region of a size between that of a community and that of a district.p. ...
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
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus '' Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalk ...
, rice, maize and
beans
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes thr ...
.
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
*
Nilto Maciel (1945–2014), writer
References
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