Baturité is a city of Ceará

Ceará

Ceará is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is currently the 8th largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main touristic destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of...

 State, 80 km (49.7 mi) from capital, Fortaleza

Fortaleza

Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population close to 2.5 million , Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil. It has an area of and one of the highest demographic densities in the country...

. It locates on the microregion

Microregion (Brazil)

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 of Baturité. Its population

Population

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 estimate in 2004 was of 31.124 inhabitants.

Economy

Currently the economy

Economy

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 of Baturité is based mainly in the exploration of the tertiary sector of economy (deal

Deal

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 and services), on the vegetal extration, plantation of cotton

Cotton

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, sugar cane, rice

Rice

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, maize

Maize

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 and beans, but, thus as in the majority Ceará

Ceará

Ceará is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is currently the 8th largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main touristic destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of...

cities,