Marco, Ceará is a

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in the state of

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in the Northeast Region of

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. With an area of , of which is urban, it is located 191 km from

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, the state capital, and 1,645 km from

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, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 25,799 inhabitants, according to the

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(IBGE), ranking as the 72th most populous municipality in the state of Ceará.

Geography

The territory of Marco covers , of which constitutes the urban area. It sits at an average altitude of 29 meters above

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. Marco borders these municipalities: to the north, Bela Cruz; to the south, Senador Sá and Morrinhos; to the east, Acaraú, Bela Cruz again, and Morrinhos; and to the west, Granja and Senador Sá again. The city is located 191 km from the state capital

, and 1,645 km from the federal capital

. Under the territorial division established in 2017 by the

(IBGE), the municipality belongs to the immediate geographical region of Acaraú, within the intermediate region of Sobral. Previously, under the

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and mesoregion divisions, it was part of the microregion of Litoral de Camocim in the mesoregion of Noroeste Cearense.

Demographics

Between the censuses of

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and

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, the population of Marco registered a growth of just over 4.4%, with an annual geometric growth rate of 0.36%. With 25,799 inhabitants in the 2022 census (62.48% living in the urban area), the municipality ranked only 72th in the state that year, with 50,47% male and 49,53% female, resulting in a sex ratio of 101.9 (1,019 men for every 10,000 women), compared to 24,703 inhabitants in the 2010 census, when it held the 76th state position. Regarding

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in the 2022 census, 70.65% of the inhabitants were between 15 and 64 years old, 22.28% were under fifteen, and 7.07% were 65 or older. The

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in 2022 was 44.98 inhabitants per square kilometer, with an average of 2.93 inhabitants per household. The municipality's

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(HDI-M) is considered medium, according to data from the

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. According to the 2010 report published in 2013, its value was 0.615, ranking 87th in the state (out of 184 municipalities) and 3,796th nationally (out of 5,565 municipalities), and the

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rose from 0.43 in 2003 to 0.54 in 2010. Considering only the longevity index, its value is 0.734, the income index is 0.564, and the education index is 0.553.

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