Meruoca

Meruoca
Municipality
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Country	Brazil
Region	Nordeste
State	Ceará
Mesoregion	Noroeste Cearense
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	15,185
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Meruoca is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Ceará . Its estimated population on 07/01/2019 is 15,057 inhabitants. From its lands spring crystal-clear waters that sometimes flow across the relief in splendid waterfalls and "enchanting" waterfalls and that, at other times, pass through patient and sliding granites, sculpting them. With the approval of State Complementary Law No. 168/2016, the municipality became part of the Sobral Metropolitan Region .^[2][3][4][5]

History

The unclassified extinct Arariú language was spoken around Meruoca on the Acatajú River.^[6]

See also

• List of municipalities in Ceará

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
3. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
4. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
6. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.

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