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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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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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