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Jijoca de Jericoacoara

Jericoacoara
Jijoca de Jericoacoara Jericoacoara
	Nickname: "Jeri"
	Location of Jijoca de Jericoacoara in Ceará
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Ceará
Founded	May 6, 1991
Government
• Mayor	Sergio Herrero Gimenez (PSDB)
Area
• Total	201.858 km2 (77.938 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	16.447
• Density	82.5/km2 (214/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-03:00
Website	http://www.jijocadejericoacoara.ce.gov.br [1]

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Jijoca de Jericoacoara is the northernmost town and municipality in the Brazilian state of Ceará. It is famous for its beach and national park.

About Jericoacoara

The word Jericoacoara comes from Tupi (an indigenous language) and means "house of turtles." It is a city of Ceará, a state renowned for its natural beauty, wildlife and many landscapes. Jericoacoara is a location with favorable conditions for windsurfing and sandboarding. Read more about Jericoacoara. Jericoacoara Video

History

A fact of some historical significance is the report of Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (Captain of Nau Niña, the fleet of Christopher Columbus), which anchored in the bay of Jericoacoara in 1499.^[2] But this was not official at the time as a result of the Treaty of Tordesillas, which was signed in the same year.

External links

References

^ IBGE 2008 statistics
^ "Jericoacoara's Guide". jericoacoaraturismo.com.br. Retrieved 2009-06-03.

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[1] IBGE 2008 statistics

[2] "Jericoacoara's Guide". jericoacoaraturismo.com.br. Retrieved 2009-06-03.

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-'''Jijoca de Jericoacoara''' is the northernmost town and municipality in the [[Brazil|Brazilian]] [[States of Brazil|state]] of [[Ceará]]. It is famous for its [[Jijoca de Jericoacoara (beach)|beach]] and [[Jericoacoara National Park|national park]].
+'''Jijoca de Jericoacoara''' is the northernmost town and municipality in the [[Brazil]]ian [[States of Brazil|state]] of [[Ceará]]. It is famous for its [[Jijoca de Jericoacoara (beach)|beach]] and [[Jericoacoara National Park|national park]].
 == About Jericoacoara ==
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 == History ==
-A fact of some historical significance is the report of [[Vicente Yáñez Pinzón]] (Captain of ''[[Carrack|Nau]]'' [[Niña]], the fleet of [[Christopher Columbus]]), which anchored in the bay of Jericoacoara in 1499<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jericoacoaraturismo.com.br/jericoacoara#parque|title=Jericoacoara's Guide| accessdate=2009-06-03|publisher=jericoacoaraturismo.com.br}}</ref>. But this was not official at the time as a result of the [[Treaty of Tordesillas]], which was signed in the same year.
+A fact of some historical significance is the report of [[Vicente Yáñez Pinzón]] (Captain of ''[[Carrack|Nau]]'' [[Niña]], the fleet of [[Christopher Columbus]]), which anchored in the bay of Jericoacoara in 1499.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jericoacoaraturismo.com.br/jericoacoara#parque|title=Jericoacoara's Guide| accessdate=2009-06-03|publisher=jericoacoaraturismo.com.br}}</ref> But this was not official at the time as a result of the [[Treaty of Tordesillas]], which was signed in the same year.
-== External Links ==
+== External links ==
 *[http://www.jericoacoaraturismo.com.br/jericoacoara Further Informations about Jijoca de Jericoacoara] Portuguese
 *[http://www.jericoacoaraturismo.com.br/fotos-jericoacoara Images of Jijoca de Jericoacoara]
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