Country Brazil State Ceará Area 105 km² | Region Northeast Region Time zone BRT (UTC-3) Population 163,853 (2010) | |
Team Verdes Mares Esporte Clube | ||
Maracanaú is a municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Its name comes from Tupi language and means "lagoon where maracanãs (red-shouldered macaws) drink", because of the presence of these birds flying over the lagoons in the city's area.
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In 2006, there were about 196,000 inhabitants.
Sports
Maracanã Esporte Clube is the municipality's soccer club. The club will compete in the 2013 Campeonato Cearense.
References
Maracanaú Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA