Place in Northeast, Brazil
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![Location of Granja in Ceará](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ceara_Municip_Granja.svg/250px-Ceara_Municip_Granja.svg.png) Location of Granja in Ceará |
Coordinates: 03°07′12″S 40°49′33″W / 3.12000°S 40.82583°W / -3.12000; -40.82583 |
Country | Brazil |
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Region | Northeast |
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State | Ceará |
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Founded | 1776 |
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Government |
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• Mayor | Francisco Geovane da Rocha Brito |
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Area |
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• Total | 2,697.202 km2 (1,041.396 sq mi) |
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Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
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Population (2020 [1]) |
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• Total | 54,962 |
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• Density | 19.9/km2 (52/sq mi) |
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Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
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HDI (2000) | 0.554 – medium[2] |
Granja is the westernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Ceará.
The municipality contains part of the 1,592,550 hectares (3,935,300 acres) Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area, created in 1996.[3]
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ [1] Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine UNDP
- ^ APA Serra da Ibiapaba (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2017-02-10