Santana do Cariri, Brazil
Santana do Cariri is a town of 17,712 people in Ceará, Brazil.
Why visit Santana do Cariri
Townapedia lists 8 museums and landmarks and 1 park or trail in and around town.
Highlights include Museu de Paleontologia Plácido Cidade Nuvens and Museu de Paleontologia da Universidade Regional do Cariri.
Weather in Santana do Cariri
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About Santana do Cariri
Santana do Cariri is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. It is located in the immediate and intermediate region of Juazeiro do Norte, as well as in the region of influence of Juazeiro do Norte.The municipality has 807 km2. It is estimated that in 2021 its population has reached 17,726 thousand inhabitants, according to the IBGE. It has the title of “The Cearense Capital of Paleontology ''.
From the Wikipedia article Santana do Cariri (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks8
Museu de Paleontologia Plácido Cidade Nuvens
Museum
326 Rua Plácido Cidade Nuvens
Tu-Sa 09:00-16:00; Su 09:00-14:00
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Museu de Paleontologia da Universidade Regional do Cariri
Museum
Brazilian museum
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Churches and places of worship3
Shopping7
History
It was originally called Brejo Grande, a place inhabited by native tribes of warriors called Buxixés, Tapuias who dominated, in addition to Araripe, bordering lands of Pernambuco. Its origin dates back to the end of the 17th century, when the brothers João Alves Feitosa and José Cavalcante coming from Casa da Torre (Bahia) requested and obtained land on the banks of the Brejo Grande Creek. Given the geologically favorable conditions, not only in relation to the livestock, but above all to agriculture, there was a rapid development of the stronghold attracting new residents to the region with the flux of residents a chapel was erected under the invocation of Senhora Santana, in the same place of the current Matriz. From this pioneering convergence, the village and the adjacent settlements would be born forming a rapid flowering stage.
From the History section of Santana do Cariri on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries4
Anexo da Escola Paulo Rodrigues Duarte
School · 7.5 km
Rua Vila Alta, Santana do Cariri
Emeief Paulo Rodrigues Duarte
School · 7.4 km
Rua José Pires de Holanda, Santana do Cariri
Healthcare1
Map of Santana do Cariri
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Getting there and nearby towns
Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport (JDO) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 52 km away.
- Nova Olinda 12 km northeast, about 12 min by car
- Altaneira 21 km north, about 21 min by car
- Farias Brito 34 km northeast, about 34 min by car
- Potengi 34 km west, about 34 min by car
- Exu 36 km south, about 36 min by car
- Crato 36 km east, about 36 min by car
- Assaré 38 km northwest, about 38 min by car
- Araripe 44 km west, about 44 min by car
- Juazeiro do Norte 47 km east, about 47 min by car
- Barbalha 50 km east, about 50 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Museu de Paleontologia da URCA, Allan Patrick from Mossoró, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ubirajara ausente do Museu de Paleontologia do Cariri, Antônio Albuquerque, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fóssil de pterossauro, Museu de Paleontologia da URCA, Allan Patrick from Mossoró, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Museu de Paleontologia da URCA - fóssil em estado bruto, Allan Patrick from Mossoró, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Santanaraplor placidus, Museu de Paleontologia da URCA, Allan Patrick from Mossoró, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- APatrick IMG 0856 (255065796), Allan Patrick from Natal, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Pterossauro, Museu de Paleontologia da URCA, Allan Patrick from Mossoró, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- APatrick IMG 0851 (255558791), Allan Patrick from Natal, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Selfie de Anna Luisa Duarte, AnnaLuisaDua4rte, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kerodon rupestris 30429871, eamonccorbett, CC BY 4.0
- Myiothlypis flaveola 626402961, Claudio Martins de Souza, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS030-E-291317 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- APatrick IMG 0847 (255580466), Allan Patrick from Natal, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- APatrick IMG 0846 (255588237), Allan Patrick from Natal, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0
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