Barbalha
Sign in to saveBarbalha is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. Barbalha covers , and has a population of 61,228 with a population density of 100 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located at the south of the state, from the state capital of Fortaleza. The eastern part of the Araripe-Apodi National Forest, established in 1946, is located in Barbalha. The city sits at the foot of the Chapada do Araripe, a large plateau on the border of Ceará and Pernambuco.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Barbalha
- Settlement.native_name
- Município de Barbalha
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Barbalha.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Barbalha
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de Barbalha - Ceará.JPG
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão de Armas de Barbalha.png
- Settlement.motto
- Lutemos com as armas da luz
- Settlement.image_map
- Ceara Municip Barbalha.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Barbalha in Ceará
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Barbalha in Brazil
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeast
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- border|22px Ceará
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- barbalhense
- Population
- 38430
- Area
- 569.508
- Elevation
- 414
- Official website
- www.barbalha.ce.gov.br
- Image
- Barbalha.jpg
- Dialing code
- 88
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- Commons category
- Barbalha
- Human Development Index
- 0.683
- inception
- 1846-01-01
- electorate
- 46261
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- Former Town Hall
- Climate
- Notable people
- See also
- References
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==See also== List of municipalities in Ceará
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