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- 1726 establishments in Brazil
- 1726 establishments in South America
- 1726 establishments in the Portuguese Empire
- Populated places established in 1726
- Port cities in Brazil
- State capitals in Brazil
Academia Brasileira de Letras
The Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL; English: Brazilian Academy of Letters) is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century.
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African diaspora religions
African diaspora religions, also described as Afro-American religions, are a number of related beliefs that developed in the Americas in various nations of the Caribbean, Latin America and the Southern United States.
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Afro-Brazilians
Afro-Brazilians (afro-brasileiros) are Brazilians who have predominantly sub-Saharan African ancestry (see "preto").
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Alberto Nepomuceno
Alberto Nepomuceno (July 6, 1864October 16, 1920) was a Brazilian composer and conductor.
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André Diamant
André Diamant (born February 9, 1990) is a Brazilian chess Grandmaster.
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Aquiraz
Aquiraz is the thirteenth largest city in the state of Ceará and is located on the nation's northeast coast. Fortaleza and Aquiraz are municipalities in Ceará.
Araripe Júnior
Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior (27 June 1848 – 29 October 1911) was a Brazilian lawyer, literary critic, and writer.
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Asian Brazilians
Asian Brazilians (brasileiros asiáticos) refers to Brazilian citizens or residents of Asian ancestry.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.
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Beach Park (water park)
Beach Park is a Brazilian water park and resort, located at the beach of Porto das Dunas in Aquiraz, Fortaleza.
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Behind the Sun (film)
Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado) is a 2001 social drama film directed by Walter Salles, produced by Arthur Cohn, and starring Rodrigo Santoro.
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Bike lane
Bike lanes (US) or cycle lanes (UK) are types of bikeways (cycleways) with lanes on the roadway for cyclists only.
Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
BR-116 (Brazil highway)
BR-116 is a federal route of highways of Brazil and the longest highway in the country, with of extension.
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Brasília
Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District, located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region.
Brazilian Air Force
The Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) is the air branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces and one of the three national uniformed services.
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Brazilian Carnival
The Carnival of Brazil (Carnaval do Brasil) is an annual festival held the Friday afternoon before Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter.
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Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil.
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Brazilian Socialist Party
The Brazilian Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Brasileiro, PSB) is a political party in Brazil.
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Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics (and tax policy), metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global economy, and economic development.
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Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit (BRT), also referred to as a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability, and other quality features than a conventional bus system.
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Camões Prize
The Camões Prize, named after Luís de Camões, is the most important prize for literature in the Portuguese language.
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Camilo Santana
Camilo Sobreira de Santana (born 3 June 1968) is a Brazilian agricultural engineer and politician, affiliated to the Workers' Party (PT).
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Candomblé
Candomblé is an African diasporic religion that developed in Brazil during the 19th century.
Casimiro Montenegro Filho
Casimiro Montenegro Filho (29 October 1904 – 26 February 2000) was a Brazilian army and air force officer.
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Castelão (Ceará)
Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo, also known as the Castelão (Portuguese for "Big Castle") or Gigante da Boa Vista, is a football stadium that was inaugurated on November 11, 1973, in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Caucaia
Caucaia is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Ceará. Fortaleza and Caucaia are municipalities in Ceará.
Ceará
Ceará is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast.
Ceará Sporting Club
Ceará Sporting Club, or simply Ceará, is a Brazilian professional football club from the city of Fortaleza, capital city of the Brazilian state of Ceará.
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Central Bank of Brazil
The Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil) is Brazil's central bank, the bank is autonomous in exercising its functions, and its main objective is to achieve stability in the purchasing power of the national currency.
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Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus) is a 2005 Brazilian film directed and co-written by Marcelo Gomes.
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Cocó Park
The Cocó Ecological Park (Parque Ecológico do Cocó) is an area on the Rio Cocó that serves as a conservation area and state park.
Confederation of the Equator
The Confederation of the Equator (Confederação do Equador) was a short-lived rebellion that occurred in the northeastern region of the Empire of Brazil in 1824, in the early years of the country's independence from Portugal.
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Coritiba Foot Ball Club
Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná.
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Crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the thorax (brachyura means "short tail" in Greek).
Crustacean
Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.
Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)
The Democratic Labour Party (Partido Democrático Trabalhista, PDT) is a political party in Brazil.
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Deputy mayor
The deputy mayor (also known as vice mayor, assistant mayor, mayor pro tem, or mayor pro tempore) is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official that is present in many, but not all, local governments.
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Dom Lustosa
Dom Lustosa is a neighborhood in the western zone of Fortaleza–CE, in the Northeast Region of Brazil, which is part of the Regional Executive Office III (SER – Secretaria Executiva Regional III).
Dotdash Meredith
Dotdash Meredith (formerly The Mining Company, About.com and Dotdash) is an American digital media company based in New York City.
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Dragão do Mar Center of Art and Culture
The Dragão do Mar Center of Art And Culture (in Portuguese: Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura) is a government funded cultural center in Fortaleza, Ceará in Brazil.
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Dune
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand.
Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company or WIC (Westindische Compagnie) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors, formally known as GWC (Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie; Chartered West India Company).
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Ecotourism
Ecotourism is a form of tourism marketed as "responsible" travel (using what proponents say is sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.
Ed Lincoln
Ed Lincoln (Eduardo Lincoln Barbosa de Sabóia; May 31, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was a Brazilian musician, composer and arranger known for a wide variety of styles.
Education
Education is the transmission of knowledge, skills, and character traits and manifests in various forms.
Environmental education
Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Eusébio, Ceará
Eusébio is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Ceará, in the Northeast region of the country. Fortaleza and Eusébio, Ceará are municipalities in Ceará.
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Farias Brito
Farias Brito is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. Fortaleza and Farias Brito are municipalities in Ceará.
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Federal University of Ceará
The Federal University of Ceará (Universidade Federal do Ceará, UFC) is a federal university with campuses in the cities of Fortaleza, Sobral, Barbalha, Russas, Quixadá and Crateús, in the state of Ceará, Brazil.
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Federative units of Brazil
The federative units of Brazil (unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation, and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which together form the Federative Republic of Brazil.
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Ferreira do Alentejo
Ferreira do Alentejo, or simply Ferreira, is a town and a municipality in Beja District in Portugal.
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Ferroviário Atlético Clube (CE)
Ferroviário Atlético Clube, commonly referred to as Ferroviário, is a Brazilian professional club based in Fortaleza, Ceará founded on 9 May 1933.
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Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
Folha de S.Paulo
Folha de S.Paulo (sometimes spelled Folha de São Paulo), also known as simply Folha (Sheet), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name Folha da Noite and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã company.
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Forró
The term forró refers to a musical genre, a rhythm, a dance and the event itself where forró music is played and danced.
Fortaleza Air Force Base
Base Aérea de Fortaleza – BAFZ is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Fortaleza, Brazil.
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Fortaleza Airport
Fortaleza–Pinto Martins International Airport is the international airport serving Fortaleza, Brazil.
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Fortaleza Esporte Clube
Fortaleza Esporte Clube is a Brazilian multi-sport club based in Fortaleza, capital of the state of Ceará.
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Fortaleza Metro
The Metropolitan of Fortaleza, also known popularly as Metro of Fortaleza or Metrofor, is a system of metropolitan transport that operates in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, operated by Companhia Cearense de Transportes Metropolitanos, company of social capital, captained by the Government of the State of Ceará, in Brazil, and has as current president Eduardo Hotz.
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Franklin Távora
João Franklin da Silveira Távora (January 13, 1842 – August 18, 1888) was a Brazilian novelist, journalist, politician, lawyer and dramatist, famous for his Regionalist romance O Cabeleira, set in 18th-century Pernambuco.
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Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.
Futuro Beach
Futuro Beach (Praia do Futuro) is a 2014 drama film co-written and directed by Karim Aïnouz, and starring Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick and Jesuíta Barbosa.
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Gazeta do Povo
Gazeta do Povo (GP) is a Brazilian newspaper based in Curitiba, Paraná.
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Gilberto Câmara
Gilberto Câmara (born 29 March 1956) is a Brazilian computer scientist and is currently serving as the Secretariat Director for the (GEO).
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Grandmaster (chess)
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.
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Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Gustavo Barroso
Gustavo Adolfo Luiz Dodt da Cunha Barroso (December 29, 1888 – December 3, 1959) was a Brazilian lawyer, writer and politician associated with Brazilian Integralism and antisemitism.
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Hermes França
Hermes França Barros (born August 26, 1974) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist.
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High school in the United States
High school or senior high school is the education students receive in the final stage of secondary education in the United States.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Housing in Fortaleza, Brazil
Fortaleza is a coastal city in northeastern Brazil, and the capital of Ceará province.
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Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco (September 20, 1897 – July 18, 1967) was a Brazilian military leader and statesman.
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Humidity
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.
Iberian Union
The Iberian Union is a historiographical term used to describe the dynastic union of the Monarchy of Spain, which in turn was itself a personal union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, and the Kingdom of Portugal, and of their respective colonial empires, that existed between 1580 and 1640 and brought the entire Iberian Peninsula except Andorra, as well as Portuguese and Spanish overseas possessions, under the Spanish Habsburg monarchs Philip II, Philip III, and Philip IV.
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Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Indigenous peoples once comprised an estimated 2,000 tribes and nations inhabiting what is now Brazil, prior to European contact around 1500 AD.
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Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
The Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics) is considered to be the foremost research and educational institution of Brazil in the area of mathematics.
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Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
The Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA; Aeronautics Institute of Technology) is an institution of higher education maintained by the Brazilian Air Force and is located in São José dos Campos, Brazil.
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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide.
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Intimate relationship
An intimate relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves emotional or physical closeness between people and may include sexual intimacy and feelings of romance or love.
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Iracema
Iracema (in Portuguese: Iracema - A Lenda do Ceará) is one of the three indigenous novels by José de Alencar.
Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Itaitinga
Itaitinga is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. Fortaleza and Itaitinga are municipalities in Ceará.
Jangada
A jangada is a traditional fishing boat (in fact a sailing raft) made of wood used in the northern region of Brazil.
Júnior Cearense
José Gerardo Rocha Moreira Júnior (born 19 November 1977), known as Júnior Cearense, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination.
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Jorge Gurgel
Jorge Valente Gurgel (born January 25, 1977) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division.
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José de Alencar
José Martiniano de Alencar (May 1, 1829 – December 12, 1877) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, orator, novelist and dramatist.
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Journal of Climate
The Journal of Climate is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published semi-monthly by the American Meteorological Society.
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Judaism
Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.
Kardecist spiritism
Spiritism or Kardecism is a reincarnationist and spiritualist doctrine established in France in the mid-19th century by writer and educator Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail (a.k.a. Allan Kardec).
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Karim Aïnouz
Karim Aïnouz (born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian film director and visual artist.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Lions Clubs International
Lions Clubs International, is an international service organization, currently headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, U.S., it had over 46,000 local clubs and more than 1.4 million members (including the youth wing Leo) in more than 200 countries and geographic areas around the world.
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Lisbon
Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.
List of cities in Brazil by population
Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8% of the population residing in urban and metropolitan areas.
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List of dialling codes in Brazil
Country Code: +55 International Call Prefix: 00 then Carrier Code Trunk Prefix: 0 then Carrier Code This article contains a list of area codes in Brazil for telephone dialing.
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List of mayors of Fortaleza
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Fortaleza, Brazil.
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Literacy
Literacy is the ability to read and write.
Lobster
Lobsters are malacostracans of the family Nephropidae (synonym Homaridae).
Logo
A logo (abbreviation of logotype) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition.
Lower City
Lower City (Cidade Baixa) is a 2005 Brazilian drama film directed by Sérgio Machado, who is also one of the script writers.
Mackay, Queensland
Mackay is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia.
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Madame Satã
Madame Satã was the artistic name of João Francisco dos Santos (1900–1976), a drag performer and capoeirista from Brazil.
Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water.
Maracanaú
Maracanaú is a municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Fortaleza and Maracanaú are municipalities in Ceará.
Marcus Aurélio
Marcus Aurélio Martins (born 18 August 1973) is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist.
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Marine protected area
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are protected areas of the world's seas, oceans, estuaries or in the US, the Great Lakes.
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Maurício Peixoto
Maurício Matos Peixoto, (April 15, 1921 – April 28, 2019), was a Brazilian engineer and mathematician.
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Mayor–council government
A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body.
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Márcio Araújo (volleyball)
Márcio Henrique Barroso Araújo (born 12 October 1973 in Fortaleza, Ceará) is a male beach volleyball player from Brazil.
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Mário Jardel
Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro (born 18 September 1973) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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Música popular brasileira
(Popular Brazilian Music) or MPB is a trend in post-bossa nova urban popular music in Brazil that revisits typical Brazilian styles such as samba, samba-canção and baião and other Brazilian regional music, combining them with foreign influences, such as jazz and rock.
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Melkite Greek Catholic Church
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church, or Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church.
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Mercosur
The Southern Common Market, commonly known by Spanish abbreviation Mercosur, and Portuguese Mercosul, is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994.
Metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which are sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing.
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Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
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Ministry of Tourism (Brazil)
The Ministry of Tourism (Ministério do Turismo) is a cabinet-level federal ministry created on January 1, 2003.
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Modern Art Week
The Modern Art Week (Semana de Arte Moderna) was an arts festival in São Paulo, Brazil, that ran from February 10 to February 17, 1922.
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Mollusca
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks.
Montese
Montese (Frignanese: Muntês) is a town in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Moqueca
Moqueca (or depending on the dialect, also spelled muqueca) is a Brazilian seafood stew.
Municipalities of Brazil
The municipalities of Brazil (municípios do Brasil) are administrative divisions of the Brazilian states.
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National Institute for Space Research
The National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, INPE) is a research unit of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations, the main goals of which are fostering scientific research and technological applications and qualifying personnel in the fields of space and atmospheric sciences, space engineering, and space technology.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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Nautical mile
A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters.
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Neuma Aguiar
Neuma Aguiar (11 September 1938-1 October 2023) was a Brazilian sociologist and one of the women who introduced women's studies in the country.
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Northeast Region, Brazil
The Northeast Region of Brazil (Região Nordeste do Brasil) is one of the five official and political regions of the country according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
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Otávio Dutra
Otávio Dutra (born 22 November 1983) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.
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Pacatuba, Ceará
Pacatuba, Ceará is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. Fortaleza and Pacatuba, Ceará are municipalities in Ceará.
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Pacoti River
The Pacoti River is a river of Ceará state in eastern Brazil.
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Parangaba
Parangaba is a neighborhood of Fortaleza in Ceará, Brazil.
Pardo
In the former Portuguese and Spanish colonies in the Americas, pardos (feminine pardas) are triracial descendants of Southern Europeans, Indigenous Americans and West Africans.
Pedra da Risca do Meio Marine State Park
The Pedra da Risca do Meio Marine State Park (Parque Estadual Marinho da Pedra da Risca do Meio) is a state park in the state of Ceará, Brazil.
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Pernambuco
Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country.
Philanthropy
Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life".
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Pirambu (Fortaleza)
Map of Fortaleza with Pirambu in red Pirambu is a neighborhood located on the coastal area of the western of Fortaleza, the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
Portuguese language
Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Portuguese people
The Portuguese people (– masculine – or Portuguesas) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country in the west of the Iberian Peninsula in the south-west of Europe, who share a common culture, ancestry and language.
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Praia
Praia (Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.
Praia de Iracema
Praia de Iracema (lit. "Iracema Beach") is a beach and a neighborhood located in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza in the state of Ceará.
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Primary education
Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school.
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Primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).
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Programa Saúde da Família
The Programa Saúde da Família (PSF), Family Health Program, in Portuguese language is one of the national public health programs in Brazil, which implements a national policy for primary care settings with the aim of substituting part of the traditional model of primary care based on medical specialists.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
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Queensland
Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.
Rachel de Queiroz
Rachel de Queiroz (November 17, 1910 – November 4, 2003) was a Brazilian author, translator and journalist.
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Racine, Wisconsin
Racine is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.
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Raffael (footballer)
Raffael Caetano de Araújo (born 28 March 1985), known as simply Raffael, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder.
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Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
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Recife
Recife is the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. Fortaleza and Recife are port cities in Brazil and state capitals in Brazil.
Regions of Brazil
Brazil is geopolitically divided into five regions (also called macroregions), by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, which are formed by the federative units of Brazil.
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Reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.
Restinga
Restingas are a distinct type of coastal tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest in eastern Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro are port cities in Brazil and state capitals in Brazil.
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Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
The Festival do Rio is an international film festival in Rio de Janeiro.
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Roberto Cláudio
Roberto Cláudio Rodrigues Bezerra is a Brazilian politician, the former mayor of Fortaleza, the fifth largest city in Brazil, from 2013 to 2021.
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Rodolfo Teófilo, Fortaleza
Rodolfo Marcos Teófilo is one of the neighborhoods of Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil.
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Ronny (footballer, born 1986)
Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo (born 11 May 1986), known simply as Ronny, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who mainly played as a midfielder.
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Sal, Cape Verde
Sal (Portuguese for "salt") is an island in Cape Verde.
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Salvador, Bahia
Salvador is a Brazilian municipality and capital city of the state of Bahia. Fortaleza and Salvador, Bahia are port cities in Brazil and state capitals in Brazil.
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Same-sex relationship
A same-sex relationship is a romantic or sexual relationship between people of the same sex.
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Santa Casa da Misericórdia
Santa Casa da Misericórdia is a lay Portuguese charity founded in 1498, whose mission is to treat and support the sick, the disabled, as well as abandoned newborns.
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São Paulo
São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo. Fortaleza and São Paulo are state capitals in Brazil.
São Paulo Fashion Week
The São Paulo Fashion Week is a clothing trade show held semi-annually in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance.
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Shelda Bede
Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede (born January 1, 1973) is a retired beach volleyball player from Brazil.
Shrimp
A shrimp (shrimp (US) or shrimps (UK) is a crustacean (a form of shellfish) with an elongated body and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – typically belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchiata of the order Decapoda, although some crustaceans outside of this order are also referred to as "shrimp".
Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Skyline
A skyline is the outline or shape viewed near the horizon.
Spiritualism (movement)
Spiritualism is a social religious movement popular in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, according to which an individual's awareness persists after death and may be contacted by the living.
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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated (SI) is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954.
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St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fortaleza
The St.
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Suely in the Sky
Suely in the Sky (O Céu de Suely; also known as Love for Sale) is a 2006 Brazilian drama film directed and co-written by Karim Aïnouz.
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Tapioca
Tapioca is a starch extracted from the tubers of the cassava plant (Manihot esculenta, also known as manioc), a species native to the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, but whose use is now spread throughout South America.
Tertiary education
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.
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Tertiary sector of the economy
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle).
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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Theatro José de Alencar
The Theatro José de Alencar is a Brazilian theater located in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará.
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Thiago Alves (fighter)
Thiago Alves (born 3 October 1983) is a Brazilian former bare-knuckle fighter and former mixed martial artist.
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Thiago Monteiro (table tennis)
Thiago Farias Monte Monteiro (born June 15, 1981, in Fortaleza, Ceará), is a Brazilian table tennis player.
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Thiago Monteiro (tennis)
Thiago Moura Monteiro (born 31 May 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player.
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Time in Brazil
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00.
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Tom Cavalcante
Antônio José Rodrigues Cavalcante (born March 8, 1962) is a Brazilian actor and comedian, who is known professionally as Tom Cavalcante.
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Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.
Tropical climate
Tropical climate is the first of the five major climate groups in the Köppen climate classification identified with the letter A. Tropical climates are defined by a monthly average temperature of or higher in the coolest month, featuring hot temperatures and high humidity all year-round.
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Tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories Aw (for a dry "winter") and As (for a dry "summer").
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TV Diário
TV Diário (Daily TV) is a Brazilian television station based in the city of Fortaleza, capital of the state of Ceará.
Umbanda
Umbanda is a religion that emerged in Brazil in the 1920s.
UNICEF
UNICEF, originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (Villa-Lobos - Uma Vida de Paixão) is a 2000 Brazilian drama film directed by Zelito Viana.
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Western esotericism
Western esotericism, also known as esotericism, esoterism, and sometimes the Western mystery tradition, is a term scholars use to classify a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society.
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White Brazilians
White Brazilians (brasileiros brancos) refers to Brazilian citizens who are considered or self-identify as "white", typically because of European or Levantine Asian ancestry.
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Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia (born October 3, 1978) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist.
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Windsurfing
Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing.
Workers' Party (Brazil)
The Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT) is a centre-left political party in Brazil that is currently the country's ruling party.
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2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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2014 Brazilian general election
General elections were held in Brazil on 5 October 2014 to elect the president, the National Congress, and state governorships.
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2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA.
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2022 Brazilian census
The 2022 Brazilian Census was the thirteenth national population census in Brazilian history, and took place on August 1, 2022.
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See also
1726 establishments in Brazil
- Florianópolis
- Fortaleza
1726 establishments in South America
- Fortaleza
1726 establishments in the Portuguese Empire
- Fortaleza
Populated places established in 1726
- A Graña
- Belovo, Kemerovo Oblast
- Brookfield, New Hampshire
- Bunker Hill, West Virginia
- Burnside, Louisiana
- Dennisville, New Jersey
- Florianópolis
- Fortaleza
- Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
- Mandurriao
- Montevideo
- Vodskov
- Windham County, Connecticut
Port cities in Brazil
- Belém
- Fortaleza
- Itaguaí
- Itajaí
- Manaus
- Porto Alegre
- Ports of Brazil
- Recife
- Rio de Janeiro
- São João da Barra
- São Sebastião, São Paulo
- Salvador, Bahia
- Santos, São Paulo
State capitals in Brazil
- Aracaju
- Belém
- Belo Horizonte
- Boa Vista, Roraima
- Campo Grande
- Cuiabá
- Curitiba
- Florianópolis
- Fortaleza
- Goiânia
- João Pessoa, Paraíba
- List of capitals of subdivisions of Brazil
- Macapá
- Maceió
- Manaus
- Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
- Palmas, Tocantins
- Porto Alegre
- Porto Velho
- Recife
- Rio Branco, Acre
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro (city)
- São Luís, Maranhão
- São Paulo
- Salvador, Bahia
- Teresina
- Vitória, Espírito Santo
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