Barbalha

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Barbalha

Total population

75,033

Founded

1846

Elevation414 m

Land area479.18 km²

Coordinates-7.31°, -39.30°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Barbalha is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. Barbalha covers 569.5 km2 (219.9 mi2), and has a population of 61,228 with a population density of 100 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located at the south of the state, 575 km (357 mi) from the state capital of Fortaleza. The eastern part of the Araripe-Apodi National Forest, established in 1946, is located in Barbalha. The city sits at the foot of the Chapada do Araripe, a large plateau on the border of Ceará and Pernambuco.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Hermes Carleial

Brazilian writer (1904-1954)

E

Edilmar Norões

Brazilian journalist and lawyer (1935-2015)

F

Francisco Alan Rodrigues de Oliveira

Brazilian association football player

L

Leão Sampaio

Brazilian politician

A

Arthur Caíke

Brazilian association football player

P

Pedro Mansueto de Lavor

Brazilian politician

J

José Charles Soares Matos

association football player

C

Cláudio Martins

Brazilian lawyer (1910–1995)

Igor Cariús

Brazilian footballer

L

Lucia Maria de Alencar Costa

Brazilian politician

J

Jose Eudes Sampaio Nunes

Brazilian politician

V

Valdo Figueiredo Macedo Lima

Brazilian politician

L

Luis Maciel de Oliveira

politician from Brazil

E

Emilly

Person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection (28306)

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Boni Artesão

person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection

R

Raimundo Nonato da Silva

person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ceará

• Aleixo
  12.8 mi away
• Jardim
  18.9 mi away · pop. 27,411
• Zebelê
  21.5 mi away
• Santana do Cariri
  31 mi away · pop. 16,954
• S. Sebastião
  34.2 mi away
• Aurora
  34.3 mi away · pop. 23,714
• Jurema Torta
  54.8 mi away
• Limatão
  55.5 mi away
• Santo Agostinho
  65.5 mi away
• Estrada
  66.8 mi away
• Brejinho
  74.6 mi away
• Poço da Pedra
  75.4 mi away

Browse all places in Ceará →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Barbalha

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers