Barro, Ceará

Barro, Ceará is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil.

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Coordinates: 7°10′37″S 38°46′55″W / 7.17694°S 38.78194°W / -7.17694; -38.78194

Barro

Barro is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.

The celebrations of the Perdecanai parish are in October, celebrating San Breixo (San Verisimo in Castilian).

Location

Located in the northeast of the province of Pontevedra and belonging to the region of the same name. The municipality has an extension of 37.9 square kilometers. It is bordered to the south by the towns of Poio and Pontevedra, to the east by Moraña, to the north by Portas and to the west by Meis.

The capital of the municipality is in San Antoniño, where the parish of Perdecanai and the Consistorial House is located.

Parishes

The municipality is composed of 6 parishes:

Since the mid-nineteenth century until the 1980s the population and business center of town was not strictly in any of the six parishes, but in the place of Porráns, due to its strategic position and commercial crossroads between roads of Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and Moraña.

Barro (Llanes)

Barro is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in Llanes, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

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Coordinates: 43°26′1″N 4°49′50″W / 43.43361°N 4.83056°W / 43.43361; -4.83056

Barro (disambiguation)

Barro may refer to:

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Ceará

Ceará ([seaˈɾa], locally in Ceará or Northeast Region, Brazil the pronunciation is [sɪaˈɾa]) is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of Fortaleza, the country's fourth most populous city.

Literally, the name Ceará means "sings the jandaia". According to José de Alencar, one of the most important writers of Brazil and an authority in Tupi Guaraní, Ceará means turquoise or green waters. There are also theories that the state name would derive from Siriará, a reference to the crabs from the seashore.

The state is best known for its extensive coastline, with 600 kilometers (370 mi) of sand. There are also mountains and valleys producing tropical fruits. To the south, on the border of Paraíba, Pernambuco and Piauí, is the National Forest of Araripe.

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Ceará (disambiguation)

Ceará is a state in Brazil. It may also refer to:

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Ceará (footballer)

Marcos Venâncio de Albuquerque (born 16 June 1980 in Crato), commonly known as Ceará, is a Brazilian right wingback. He currently plays for Coritiba after spending more than 5 years in Paris Saint-Germain.

Career

Ceará began his football career in the city of Crato in the state where Ceará was born. Ceará began his football career when he joined Gama youth academy and earned a nickname Ceará. In 1999, he joined Brazilian side Santos where he spent one year and then joined various Brazilian clubs in the lower division like Associação Atlética Portuguesa and São José. In 2001, Ceará joined Santa Cruz where the club became 25th place in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, which resulted relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. At Santa Cruz, He made 19 league appearance. The following year, He joined Botafogo where he played against Sport Club do Recife in the Brazil Cup which resulted 1–1 draw. In the second leg, Sport Club do Recife won 7–2 to go through to the next round.