Caririaçú (Caririaçu)
Caririaçu is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the northeast region of Brazil. It is located in the Caririaçu Microregion, part of the Cariri Metropolitan Region, in the southern mesoregion of Ceará. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, its estimated population for 2018 was 27,095 inhabitants.
It is also the birthplace of the famous Ceará merchant Seu Lunga and the jurist and writer Raimundo de Oliveira Borges.
The toponym Caririaçu comes from the Tupi Cariri or Kiriri (quiet, taciturn) and Assú or Açú or (augmentative suffix), a composition that means Caladão. Its original name was São José. In August 1876, it was elevated to the category of village with the name "Serra de São Pedro", then São Pedro do Crato (allusion to the mother city), São Pedro do Cariri, and since 1943, Caririassú and finally Caririaçu.
It is also the birthplace of the famous Ceará merchant Seu Lunga and the jurist and writer Raimundo de Oliveira Borges.
The toponym Caririaçu comes from the Tupi Cariri or Kiriri (quiet, taciturn) and Assú or Açú or (augmentative suffix), a composition that means Caladão. Its original name was São José. In August 1876, it was elevated to the category of village with the name "Serra de São Pedro", then São Pedro do Crato (allusion to the mother city), São Pedro do Cariri, and since 1943, Caririassú and finally Caririaçu.
Map - Caririaçú (Caririaçu)
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Country - Brazil
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRL | Brazilian real | R$ | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
|---|---|
| EN | English language |
| FR | French language |
| PT | Portuguese language |
| ES | Spanish language |