Fortaleza

Fortaleza is a major city on 's northeast coast, and the capital of state. It is one of the largest cities in Brazil and certainly one of the most vibrant.
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  • City with about 2,580,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code FOR
  • Description: municipality of Ceará state, Brazil
  • Also known as
    “Ceará”
    “Fortaleza de Nova Bragança”
    “Fortaleza Nova de Bragança”
  • Neighbors
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ceará State Library and Fortaleza Central Market.
Ruan moreira, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Library
Joelkaula, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marketplace
is a marketplace.
Joelkaula, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cathedral
The St. Joseph's Cathedral also called Metropolitan Cathedral of St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rodolfo Teófilo and Jardim América.
Claudio Oliveira Lim…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Suburb
Rodolfo Marcos Teófilo is one of the neighborhoods…
Porto Neto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Suburb
is a suburb.

Fortaleza

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Latitude
-3.7192° or 3° 43′ 9″ south
Longitude
-38.5431° or 38° 32′ 35″ west
UN/LOCODE
BR FOR
Open location code
69837FJ4+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 210738427
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3399415
Wiki­data ID
Q43463

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Fortaleza” goes by many names.
FortalezaAfrikaans
ፎርታሌዛAmharic
فورتاليزاArabic
FortalezaAragonese
ՖորտալեզաArmenian
FortalezaAsturian
FortalezaAymara
FortalezaAzerbaijani
FortalézaBalinese
FortalezaBasque
ФарталезаBelarusian
ФорталезаBelarusian
ফর্তালিজাBengali
ফোর্টআলেজাBishnupriya
ফোর্টালেজাBishnupriya
FortalezaBosnian
FortalezaBreton
ФорталезаBulgarian
ဖော်တာလီဇာမြို့Burmese
FortalezaCatalan
FortalezaCebuano
ФорталезаChechen
福塔莱萨Chinese
福塔莱萨市Chinese
福塔萊薩Chinese
福塔雷萨Chinese
福塔雷薩Chinese
FortalezaCorsican
FortalezaCroatian
FortalezaCzech
FortalezaDanish
FortalezaDutch
فورتاليزاEgyptian Arabic
FortalezaEmilian
ФорталезаErzya
FortalezaEsperanto
FortalezoEsperanto
Fortalezo-CearaoEsperanto
Fort SchoonenborchEstonian
FortalezaEstonian
FortalezaFinnish
FortalezaFrench
FortalezaGalician
Fortaleza, CearáGalician
ფორტალეზაGeorgian
FortalezaGerman
ΦορταλέζαGreek
FortalezaGuarani
ફોર્તાલેઝાGujarati
FortalezaHakka Chinese
FortalezaHausa
פורטלזהHebrew
फोर्टालेजाHindi
फोर्तालेजाHindi
FortalezaHungarian
FortalezaIcelandic
FortalezaIdo
Fortaleza, CearáIdo
FortalezaIndonesian
FortalezaInterlingua
FortalezaInterlingue
FortalezaIrish
FortalezaItalian
ファルタレーザJapanese
フォルタレーザJapanese
フォルタレザJapanese
FortalezaJavanese
ಫೋರ್ಟಾಲೆಜಾKannada
FortolezaKara-Kalpak
ФорталезаKarachay-Balkar
ФорталезаKazakh
ФорталезаKirghiz
포르탈레자Korean
FortalaetiaLatin
FortalexiaLatin
FortalezaLatin
FortalēzaLatvian
FortalezaLithuanian
FortalezaLower Sorbian
ФорталезаMacedonian
FortalezaMalagasy
FortalezaMalay
ഫോർട്ടാലേസMalayalam
FortalezaMaltese
फोर्तालेझाMarathi
فورتالزاMazanderani
FortalezaMin Nan Chinese
ФорталезаMongolian
FortalezaNauru
FortalezaNeapolitan
FortalezaNorthern Frisian
FortalezaNorwegian
FortalezaNorwegian Bokmål
FortalezaOccitan (post 1500)
Nīwe OlisipoOld English (ca. 450-1100)
FortalezaOromo
ФорталезæOssetian
ਫੋਰਟਾਲੇਜ਼ਾPanjabi
فورتالزاPersian
FortalezaPolish
FORPortuguese
FortalPortuguese
FortalezaPortuguese
Terra da LuzPortuguese
فورتاليزاPushto
FortalezaQuechua
FortalezaRomanian
FortalezaRussian
ФорталезаRussian
FortalezaScots
ФорталезаSerbian
FortalezaSerbo-Croatian
ဝဵင်းၾေႃႇတႃႇလီႇၸႃႇShan
FortalezaSilesian
ෆොර්ටලීසාSinhala
ෆොර්ටලීසා, බ්‍රසීලයSinhala
FortalezaSlovak
HortalezaSlovenian
FortalezaSomali
فورتالزاSouth Azerbaijani
FortalezaSpanish
FortalezaSwahili
FortalezaSwedish
ФорталезаTajik
போர்த்தலேசாTamil
ФорталезаTatar
ఫార్టలీసTelugu
FortalezaTetum
ฟอร์ตาเลซาThai
โฟร์ตาเลซาThai
FortalezaTurkish
FortalezaTwi
ФорталезаUkrainian
FortalezaUpper Sorbian
فورتالیزاUrdu
فورٹالیزاUrdu
FortalezaUzbek
FortalezVeps
FortalezaVietnamese
FortalezaVolapük
FortalezaWaray (Philippines)
FortalezaWelsh
فورتالزاWestern Panjabi
福塔莱萨Wu Chinese
福塔雷薩Yue Chinese
ma tomo Potalesa

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