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Fortaleza

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fortaleza , city (1996 pop. 1,967,365), capital of Ceará state, NE Brazil, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. The city, which is bisected by the Paejú River, is often called Ceará by foreigners. Fortaleza is a commercial and industrial city, a tourist center, and a processing and shipping center for the products of Brazil's interior (cotton, coffee, hides, carnauba wax, oiticica oil, rum, and fruits). Textiles and clothing are manufactured, and the city is known for its handicrafts, especially lace making and hammock weaving. Fortaleza [Port.,=fortress] was founded in 1609 and... Read more
Fortaleza
Fortaleza, Ceará/Brazil Villa do Forte da Assumpção ‘Fortress’ in Portuguese. It takes its name from the adjacent fort built in 1654 to provide protection against attack by local Native Americans. Read more
Fortaleza
...city status. It became the capital of a province under the name of Fortaleza Nova de Braganca. It is a textile-manufacturing centre; its port handles exports. Fortaleza Fortaleza Fortaleza Read more

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A FESTIVE FORTALEZA BRINGS ANDES TO BOSTON
; FORTALEZA At: Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center. Friday, first set...betraying both cultures increases. Friday, the quartet Fortaleza offered a tantalizing sampling of the music of the Andes...fun, without ever diluting the music or its message. Fortaleza was founded by the brothers De La Zerda in 1979 in ... Read more
TravelEtc.: FREE IN FORTALEZA In the latest dispatch from his round-the-world motorcycle tour, Ted Simon describes his arrival in South America. Thirty years ago, the Brazilian police threw him in jail. This time he is at liberty to remember old friends
; Fortaleza, on the north-east coast of Brazil just three degrees...military dictator of Brazil, extended his iron rule over Fortaleza and the poverty-stricken state of Ceara. In this city...industry has showered down on the city and its beaches. Fortaleza has become one of the most popular tourist resorts ... Read more
Fortaleza goes underground.
; ...new chapter has opened for Rio Tinto's Fortaleza nickel mine in Brazil. Ore for the mine...going to be the mainstay of production at Fortaleza, but first there was shallow ore lobe...matte is 10,000 t/y, which will make Fortaleza the second largest nickel producer in... Read more
Vive peso fortaleza como antes del 94.(Negocios)
; ...pesos Aunque el peso empezó a perder fortaleza frente al dólar desde marzo del...1994, de acuerdo con el índice de fortaleza del peso, ello también lo demuestra...En octubre del 2003, el índice de fortaleza se ubicó en 120.9 puntos, ligeramente... Read more
BRAZIL'S SUN-DRENCHED FORTALEZA IS AN INTERNATIONAL BEACH-LOVERS' PARADISE.(Getaways)
; ...is definitely the place to live it up. Fortaleza is the capital, largest city, and chief...now offers weekly non-stop service to Fortaleza from Miami, a six-hour flight away. And...the terminal is completed, in mid-2003, Fortaleza seems certain to become an important... Read more
Votorantim acquires Serra da Fortaleza.
; ...the mining company Mineracao Serra da Fortaleza for US$77mil from the British Rio Tinto...shut down of the sold mine in 2005. The Fortaleza de Minas-based mine (Minas Gerais state...production - and plans to supply Serra da Fortaleza as of 2006. An initial study estimated... Read more
Endesa opens plant in Fortaleza.
; ...group Endesa has inaugurated, in Fortaleza (Ceara state), the thermal electric...plant Central Termeletrica Endesa Fortaleza. The plant has the capacity to...power demanded in the state. Endesa Fortaleza is natural gas-fueled and it will... Read more
La fortaleza de la marimba.(Cultura)
; La marimba chiapaneca tiene una fortaleza tal que no requiere del apoyo de las instituciones estatales...hay un taller de marimba para niños y jóvenes. Su fortaleza existe con o sin nosotros (el Coneculta). En cada comunidad... Read more
Fortaleza's hotels have 90% occupancy rate.
; Brazil, Jan 26, 2004 (Gazeta Mercantil/SABI via COMTEX) The Fortaleza-based hotel segment (Ceara state) has registered 90% occupancy...It has 172 apartments and predicts a 95% occupancy rate. Fortaleza forecasts 500,000 visitors during this season, of which 50... Read more
Bob's opens new stores in Fortaleza.
; ...Brazil, has opened its tenth unit in Fortaleza (Ceara state), occupying 1,200 m2, 510...in Unifor university (Universidade de Fortaleza), predicted to start up at the end of...The expansion involves the capitals Fortaleza (Ceara) and Salvador (Bahia) and regional... Read more

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