Baturité is a city of
Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...
State, Brazil from the state capital
Fortaleza
Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...
. 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
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Nilto Maciel
Nilto Maciel (January 30, 1945 in Baturité – April 29, 2014) was a Brazilian writer. He wrote poetry and tales in Portuguese, Esperanto, Spanish, Italian and French.
He studied law at the Federal University of Ceará
The Federal University ...
(1945–2014), writer
References
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