Juazeiro do Norte
Brazil
city, southern Ceará estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It lies in the interior uplands, at the foot of the 2,953-foot (900-metre) Chapada do Araripe. Juazeiro do Norte and the nearby city of Crato (about 20 miles 【32 km】 west) are among the main urban centres of northeastern Brazil's interior along with Campina Grande to the east and Petrolina and Juazeiro to the southwest.Juazeiro do Norte was given city status in 1914. Its economy depends primarily on sugar milling and cotton processing, along with the manufacture of leather and lumber. Cereal grains are also grown in the area. The city is on the Fortaleza-Crato railroad and has highway connections with nearby communities in Ceará, Pernambuco, and Paraíba states. Juazeiro do Norte also has an airport. Pop. (2005 est.) 225,300.
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