- Acarape
Acarapé is a city in the north region of the state of
Ceará ,Brazil .History
One can attribute the existence of Acarape as simply an urban extension ofthe city of
Redenção given that only 3km separate the two cities.Political Evolution
Initially the location of today's Acarape was called Calaboca which was part of the city of
Redenção . When the slaves were freed in Brazil, the people of the very modest locationof Calaboca decided to play homage to their origins, thus changing the name to Acarape which means "from the Acarás".Before the change above, Calaboca benefited from rail track linking
Fortaleza toBaturité and the establishment of a rail station in Calaboca inOctober 26 ,1879 .Being part of a major rail route served as an incentive for small merchants to openstores in Calaboca. The population grew and inApril 16 ,1987 the locationbecame acity with the name of Acarape.Religion
Very little information is available about the religious establishment in Acarape. It is know that the main church (dedicated to saint
John the Baptist ) was founded onJanuary 6 ,1943 .Agriculture
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Sugarcane
*Bean Industries
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Cachaça : Ypióca groupCuriosities
* Acarape is also used by the population as a reference to "city water". If one person says to be drinking "water from Acarape", this person is saying that the water is "tap water". This is the case, because one of the large [dam|dams] in the state of
Ceará is the Acarape do Meio Dam atRedenção .External links
* [http://www.cdbrasil.cnpm.embrapa.br/ce/htm0/ce17_26.htm Satellite view of Acarapé]
* [http://www.cidades.com.br/cgi-bin/cidade.cgi?id=000617 Location of city within the state]
* [http://www.ypioca.com.br/ Cachaça Ypióca produced in Acarapé]
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