Country Brazil State Ceará Area 3,276 km² | Region Northeast Region Time zone BRT (UTC-3) | |
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Points of interest Centro do estado do Ceará, Busto de Dom Quintino, Creva | ||
Quixeramobim (formally Santo Antônio do Boqueirão de Quixeramobim; formerly Nova Vila do Campo Maior) is a municipality in central State of Ceará, northeastern Brazil. It has a population of about 72,000 (2010 census). The local biome is caatinga hiperxerófila.
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Map of Quixeramobim - Cear%C3%A1, Brazil
Climate
Semi-arid tropical warm with rainfall concentrated from February to April. The average temperature is 26-28C and the average annual rainfall is 708 mm.
The Paus Brancos district of the municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.
History
It was founded in the 17th Century on lands adjacent to Rio Ibu (Quixeramobim) and became a municipality in 1755.
Economy
The primary economic occupations are farming and ranching.