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Várzea Alegre

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Total population

38,984

Air quality index

29Good
Coordinates-6.79°, -39.30°

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City facts

Overview

Várzea Alegre is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. Its area is 835.706 km2, including the Calabaça (pumpkin), Canindezinho, Ibicatu, Naraniú and Lagoa Verde districts.

History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-6.7902
Longitude
-39.2973
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
29
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
3.6
PM10 (µg/m³)
4.9
Ozone (µg/m³)
65
NO₂ (µg/m³)
0.7

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
52
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Southern Caracara
    Caracara plancus (J.F.Miller, 1777) · Aves
    3
  • Wattled Jacana
    Jacana jacana (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    3
  • Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
    Cathartes burrovianus Cassin, 1845 · Aves
    3
  • Black Vulture
    Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
    3
  • Eurasian Moorhen
    Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    3
  • Cattle Egret
    Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    2
  • Caatinga Cacholote
    Pseudoseisura cristata (Spix, 1824) · Aves
    2
  • Common Purslane
    Portulaca oleracea L. · Magnoliopsida
    2

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
—
Largest event
—

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Ceará

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.96
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,176

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
64
Avg daily Wikipedia views
2
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Várzea Alegre

Gente da gente
Cândido Acrísio Costa · 1974

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
2314003
UF
CE
Mesorregião
Centro-Sul Cearense
Microrregião
Várzea Alegre

servicodados.ibge.gov.br

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • 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