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Capistrano
Cearátown
Capistrano
Total population
17,254
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
John of Capistrano, OFM was an Italian Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the town of Capestrano, Abruzzo. Famous as a preacher, theologian, and inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname "the Soldier Saint" when in 1456 at age 70 he led a Crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade with the Hungarian military commander John Hunyadi.
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Geography
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 2302909
- UF
- CE
- Mesorregião
- Norte Cearense
- Microrregião
- Baturité
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
- • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br