Caucaia (Brazil)

Enlarge text Shrink text
  • Place
| System number 987007562203405171

Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Caucaia (Brazil)
Coordinates
-38.65583333 -38.65583333 -3.732777777 -3.732777777 (gooearth )
W0383911 W0383911 S0034410 S0034410 (geonames )
Associated country
Brazil
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 123219433
Wikidata: Q817233
Library of congress: n 85123198
Sources of Information
  • Col. Lipp. gaz.(Caucaia; ppl. N. Ceará; until 1944 called Soure [no publs. in LC data base])
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 03°44ʹ10ʺS 038°39ʹ11ʺW)
  • Terra prometida, 1982:p. 21 (Caucaia, near Fortaleza, Ceará)

Wikipedia description:

Caucaia is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Ceará. As of 2025, it had a population of 378,406. It is home to the Tapeba tribe, a native group organized in 17 villages around the metropolitan region of Fortaleza. Caucaia has the second biggest GDP in Ceara state, thanks to the industries surrounding the port of Pecem, which attract several investors interested in installing offshore windfarms and desalination plants in the municipality.

Read more on Wikipedia >