Irauçuba
Irauçuba is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil.[1][2][3][4]
Irauçuba | |
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Municipality | |
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Nickname(s): "Land of Friendship" | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Nordeste |
State | Ceará |
Mesoregion | Noroeste Cearense |
Area | |
• Total | 558,390 sq mi (1,446,223 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 23.376 |
Time zone | UTC -3 |
Irauçuba is a municipality in the state of Ceará, according to the estimate of the resident population as at July 1, 2014 made by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics IBGE in 2014 its population was 23,376 inhabitants.
Geography
The climate is tropical. Summer has much less rainfall than the winter. The climate classification is according to Köppen and Geiger. The average temperature is 26.3 ° C in Irauçuba. Average annual rainfall of 629 semi-arid hot mm. Tropical with average rainfall of 539 mm, with rainfall concentrated 12 January to April 13. Irauçuba has one of medium pluviometrias smaller state. The city is beating too desertification key Irauçuba already have been quite committed to desertification.
Notable People
The city received international attention after Marcelo Lotif, native from Irauçuba, became the first person from that region to complete higher education and travel abroad. However, in present years, after almost a decade living in North America, Marcelo has been criticized by local population, as it is believed he no longer relates to the average citizen of Irauçuba and its simple way of life.
See also
References
- "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.