Aracati

Município de Aracati "Terra dos Bons Ventos" Aracati
Canoa Quebrada Beach
Aracati
Coordinates	4 ° 34 ′  S , 37 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 4 ° 34 ′  S , 37 ° 46 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Ceará
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	April 11, 1747
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Ceará
Região intermediária	Quixadá (since 2017)
Região imediata	Aracati (since 2017)
height	5 m
Waters	Rio Jaguaribe , South Atlantic
climate	tropical, As
surface	1,230.5 km²
Residents	69,159 (2010)
density	56.2  Ew. / km²
estimate	74,084 (July 1, 2018)
Parish code	IBGE : 2301109
Post Code	62800-000
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.aracati.ce.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Bismarck Costa Lima Pinheiro Maia (2017-2020)
Political party	PTB
economy
GDP	1,214,577 thousand R $ 16,595  R $ per person  (2016)
HDI	0.655 (2010)

Aracati , [ aˌɾakaˈt͡ʃi ], officially Portuguese Município de Aracati , is a city in the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil . As of July 1, 2018, it has an estimated 74,084 inhabitants (Aracatienser) and is located about 150 km southeast of Fortaleza , the capital of the state, on the banks of the Rio Jaguaribe River and on the South Atlantic . The historic core of the old colonial city was included in the national heritage in 2000 by the Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN).

geography

The coastal vegetation is predominantly caatinga . Mangroves grow along the Jaguaribe River.

Surrounding place are in the north Fortim ; east of Icapuí , in the south it borders on the state of Rio Grande do Norte ( Tibau , Mossoró , Baraúna ), Jaguaruana and Itaiçaba , in the west on Palhano and Beberibe .

climate

The city has a tropical climate As / Aw according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification with higher rainfall in summer than in winter. The average temperature is 27.1 ° C. The average rainfall is 1024 mm per year.

history

Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Rosario

With a royal resolution of April 11, 1747, the place was raised to the category of a municipality and a district called Santa Cruz de Aracati , whose headquarters was Porto dos Bracos . The real installation as a community came about on February 10, 1748, after the first city council was selected. In the 18th century the community had about 2000 inhabitants (1779).

In 1761 the construction of the mother church Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Rosário began, which was only completed in the 19th century.

In 1829 it was proposed to move the seat of the General Council of the Province of Ceará to the Vila de Aracati, but this did not materialize.

Urban politics

Bismarck Costa Lima Pinheiro Maia des Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (PTB) has exercised executive power for the 2017-2020 term since the local elections in Brazil in 2016 . The legislature rests with a city council ( câmara municipal ) made up of 24 elected representatives ( vereadores ) since 2017 .

The municipality has been divided into seven districts since 1995: Aracati, Barreiras dos Vianas, Cabreiro, Córrego dos Fernandes, Jirau, Mata Fresca and Santa Teresa.

economy

Since Aracati has little industry to speak of, there is high unemployment; accordingly, there is a constant emigration, especially of the younger and more educated population, to the economic metropolises of Brazil. However, Aracati functions as a regional trading center for the surrounding area. Tourism plays an increasingly important role, especially the seaside resorts belonging to the urban area such as Canoa Quebrada and Majorlandia are prosperous holiday resorts with a good infrastructure. The kilometer-long beaches of Canoa Quebradas, with their striking red sandstone cliffs, are a well-known travel destination.

Standard of living

The human development index for cities, abbreviated HDI (Portuguese: IDH-M ), was at the very low value of 0.371 in 1991, at the medium-high value of 0.523 in 2000 and at the medium-high value of 0.655 in 2010. In 2017, the average monthly income was 1.7 times the minimum income of R $ 880, which is around 332 euros per month for 2019.

The gross national product per capita in 2016 was R $ 16,595.

Attractions

In some streets of the center you can still find impressive colonial buildings, but they are mostly in a desolate condition. Several sacred buildings shape the city. The old market halls in the center are worth seeing. The morbid state provides an authentic picture of market life in Sertão, Brazil .

Bathing beaches are about 15 km away in the small former fishing village of Canoa Quebrada. The village offers a larger selection of smaller hotels (pousadas), as well as restaurants and smaller shops. The village nightlife is known beyond the borders of Aracati. The beaches of Canoa Quabradas are particularly popular on the weekends with the residents of the metropolis Fortaleza, which is around 150 km northwest. On the kilometer-long sandy beaches of Canoa Quebrada there are several beach bars and restaurants in a central location.

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Panorama over Praia de Canoa Quebrada and the Aracati wind farm , the largest in the state.

Culture

Aracati is known for its dissolute, excessive street carnival with the "Mela-Mela", in which the carnival revelers sprinkle each other with flour and water.

Transport links

There are bus connections to Fortaleza and Mossoró ( RN ) from the local bus station. The travel time to Fortaleza is around 2:30 hours.

Since August 4, 2012, the place has Aracati Airport , better known as Aeroporto de Aracati , the official name is Aeroporto Regional de Canoa Quebrada Dragão do Mar , accessible via the national road CE-123 .

Trivia

The first German portafilter coffee machine was named after the city of Aracati in the 1950s and successor machines still bear this name today.

Web links

Commons : Aracati  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
• City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Aracati website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Aracati - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed August 24, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
2. ↑ Aracati Climate , accessed on August 24, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Dados do município - História. In: www.aracati.ce.gov.br. Prefeitura do Aracati, accessed August 24, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
4. ↑ Igrejas históricas de Aracati são recuperadas. In: com.br. Diário do Nordeste, October 10, 2010, accessed August 24, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
5. ^ Bismarck Maia 14 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed August 24, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
6. ↑ Parliamentarians. In: cmaracati.ce.gov.br. Câmara Municipal de Aracati, accessed August 24, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
7. ↑ Aracati - História. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed August 24, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
8. ^ Atlas do desenvolvimento humano no Brasil - Acarati, CE . Retrieved August 24, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
9. ↑ Tudo pronto para Aeroporto de Aracati ser inaugurado no dia 4. In: com.br. Diário do Nordeste, July 20, 2012, accessed August 24, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).