Ceará

State of Ceará
State
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  Terra da Luz (Land of Light)
Location of State of Ceará in Brazil
Coordinates: 5°05′S 39°39′W / 5.08°S 39.65°W / -5.08; -39.65
Country	Brazil
Capital and Largest City	Fortaleza
Government
• Governor	Camilo Sobreira de Santana
• Vice Governor	Izolda Cela
Area
• Total	146,348.3 km2 (56,505.4 sq mi)
• Rank	17th
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	8,606,005
• Rank	8th
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Rank	11th
Demonym	Cearense
GDP
• Year	2011
• Total	R$ 84,360,000,000 (12th)
• Per capita	R$ 9,666 (List of Brazilian states by gross domestic product)
HDI
• Year	2005
• Category	0,723
Time zone	UTC-3 (BRT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-02 (Brasília Summer)
Postal Code	60000-000 to 63990-000
ISO 3166 code	BR-CE
Website	ceara.gov.br

Ceará is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. Ceará has many beaches, which brings a lot of tourism.

Ceará has an area of 148,016 km². It shares borders on the east by the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba, on the south by Pernambuco state, and on the west by Piauí. Its northern border is the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Fortaleza.

• Official Government Site
• Tourism guide Ceará
• Fortaleza Tourism guide and maps Archived 2005-01-02 at the Wayback Machine

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