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![Hierarchy of Ceará (state)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Ceará (state) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 05 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -5.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 040 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -40.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area of tropics, backlands & mesas bounded by Atlantic Ocean & Rio Grande do Norte; in 1884, became first state in nation to emancipate slaves; is one of nation's largest producers of cotton. |
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Ceará (preferred,C,V,Spanish)
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Estado do Ceará (C,V,O)
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Ceará, Estado do (C,V)
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BR06 (C,U,FIPS)
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Estado de Ceará (C,U,Spanish)
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Ceará (state) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Nordeste (region (geographic)) (P) |
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Ceará (state) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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state (preferred, C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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agricultural land (C) |
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