Tauá
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Tauá is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 59,062 people. It is one of the largest municipalities in the state, with an area of .
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tauá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and city
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira_Tauá.jpg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão_Tauá.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Ceara Municip Taua.svg
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- Municipal location
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- Brazil
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- bottom
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- Location in Brazil
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nordeste
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ceará
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Mesoregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sertoes Cearenses
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- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4018.188
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Location
- Fortaleza, Brazil
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- tauaense
- Population
- 51339
- Area
- 4018.188
- Elevation
- 402
- Official website
- www.taua.ce.gov.br
- Image
- Igreja de São José - panoramio - MACÍLIO GOMES.jpg
- Dialing code
- 88
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- postal code
- 63660-000
- Commons category
- Tauá
- Human Development Index
- 0.633
- electorate
- 43257
- inception
- 1802-01-01
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Tauá is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 59,062 people. It is one of the largest municipalities in the state, with an area of .
==History== The toponymy of Tauá refers to an indigenous word meaning "yellow clay and loam" in the Tupi language. Its origins date from at least the early 18th century. On December 14, 1801, Ouvidor Gregório José da Silva went to the small settlement of Tauá to raise the site to a town. On May 3, 1802, it became a formal settlement. On August 17, 1832, it was given freguesia status. On December 2, 1889, the site was renamed São João do Príncipe dos Inhamuns. It received the classification of city on August 2, 1929, returning to its former name.
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