Camalaú
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Camalaú is a municipality in the state of Paraíba (Brazil) in the mesoregion of Borborema and the West Cariri microregion. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 6,031. It has an area of 603 km2.
Key facts
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- Camalaú
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- Municipality
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- Location of Camalaú within the state of Paraíba
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- Country
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- Brazil
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- Region
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- Northeast
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- State
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- Paraíba
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- Mesoregion
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- Borborema
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- Microregion
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- Cariri Ocidental
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- Incorporated
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- March 19, 1962
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Camalaú is a municipality in the state of Paraíba (Brazil) in the mesoregion of Borborema and the West Cariri microregion. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 6,031. It has an area of 603 km2.
==History== The village was founded on June 21, 1895, when Domingos Ferreira Brito and his wife Rosa Maria da Conceição officially donated more than sixteen hectares of land to the Catholic Church in order to found the Hermitage of San Jose. They did so on the instigation of Jose Cardoso da Silva, who is now considered the founder of the city. On March 19, 1962, Camalaú officially became a city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Camalaú” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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