Tauá
title: "Tauá" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-in-ceará", "populated-places-established-in-1802"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-in-ceara" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauá" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| official_name | Tauá |
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| settlement_type | Municipality and city |
| image_flag | Bandeira_Tauá.jpg |
| image_seal | Brasão_Tauá.jpg |
| image_map | Ceara Municip Taua.svg |
| map_caption | Municipal location |
| pushpin_map | Brazil |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Brazil |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Brazil |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Nordeste |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | Ceará |
| subdivision_type3 | Mesoregion |
| subdivision_name3 | Sertoes Cearenses |
| established_title | |
| unit_pref | Imperial |
| area_total_km2 | 4018.188 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| population_as_of | 2020 |
| population_total | 59,062 |
| population_density_km2 | 13.88 |
| timezone | BRT |
| utc_offset | −3 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | tags-- |
| elevation_m | 402 |
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Tauá is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 59,062 people. It is one of the largest municipalities in the state, with an area of 4018.188 km2.
History
The toponymy of Tauá refers to an indigenous word meaning "yellow clay and loam" in the Tupi language. Its origins date from at least the early 18th century. On December 14, 1801, Ouvidor Gregório José da Silva went to the small settlement of Tauá to raise the site to a town. On May 3, 1802, it became a formal settlement. On August 17, 1832, it was given freguesia status. On December 2, 1889, the site was renamed São João do Príncipe dos Inhamuns. It received the classification of city on August 2, 1929, returning to its former name.
Geography
The city is located 337 km away from the capital of Ceará State, Fortaleza. The town lies along BR-020, 60.8 km by road northeast of Parambu. Districts of the municipality include Marrecas, Barra Nova, Trici, Marruás, Carrapateiras, Inhamuns, and Santa Tereza. The Jaguaribe River's headwaters are located in the Tauá districts of Trici and Carrapateiras. At Tauá, the Jaguaribe is sandy and rather narrow, 50 - in width. The course of the river between Tauá to the mouth of the Salgado River is approximately 250 km.
The biggest natural landmark is the mountain range, Serrote Quinamuiú. It became protected by municipal law in 2005. In 2011, the unauthorized extraction of precious stones, such as amethyst, became a matter of concern to environmentalists and the local government as the use of dynamite caused serious damage to the mountain's physical structure.
Economy
According to the government statistics in 1996, the per capita income in Tauá was far below the minimum established income. Carrapateiras suffers from overgrazing and poor market accessibility. The municipality contains the first solar photovoltaic power plant to generate electricity on a commercial scale in Brazil, MPX Tauá, inaugurated in August 2011. Tauá has three local radio stations, Rádio Difusora dos Inhamuns, Rádio Trici FM, and Cultura dos Inhamuns 960.
Transportation
The city is served by Pedro Teixeira Castelo Airport.
Landmarks
The municipality has three paleontological and archeological sites which can be visited but can only be explored by researchers and professionals with a permit. A donation by Sergeant Major José Rodrigues de Matos enabled the construction of a chapel dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Our Lady of the Rosary), located in the municipal cemetery. Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Church of Our Lady of the Rosary) was inaugurated on October 17, 1762. Originally constructed with a cylindrical domed roof, it was expanded in 1906. The structure is listed as a protected cultural monument by the Brazilian government. The Igreja de Jesus (Church of Jesus) in the Tauá district of Marrecas was built in the early eighteenth century, around 1717. The first parish priest was Father Fructuoso Ribeiro Dias.
Culture
The feast of Jesus, Mary and Joseph is held every year in April, one of the biggest religious events in the state of Ceará. Our Lady of the Rosary, whose day is celebrated on October 7, is the town's patron saint.
Notable people
- Fausto Barreto - philologist, journalist, teacher and Brazilian politician
- Jovita Feitosa - Feitosa, considered to be a martyr of feminism, was born in Tauá. Though she attempted to fight in the Paraguayan War, she was denied permission to join the battlefront.{{cite news|first1=Sana |last1=Moraes|first2=Karina Caroline Oliveira |last2=Matos |url=http://www.cidadeverde.com/jovita-feitosa-venceu-o-preconceito-e-lutou-nas-forcas-armadas-conheca-96492|title=Jovita Feitosa venceu o preconceito e lutou nas forças armadas|date=August 3, 2012|publisher=Cidade Verde|language=pt|access-date=17 October 2012}}
- Vicente Fialho - Minister of Mines and Energy and mayor of Fortaleza
- Joaquim Pimenta - Lawyer and Minister of Labour
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Tauá (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 32.6 |Feb high C = 32.0 |Mar high C = 31.6 |Apr high C = 30.8 |May high C = 30.9 |Jun high C = 31.2 |Jul high C = 31.9 |Aug high C = 33.0 |Sep high C = 34.4 |Oct high C = 34.9 |Nov high C = 34.8 |Dec high C = 34.0 | year high C = 32.7 |Jan mean C = 27.4 |Feb mean C = 26.7 |Mar mean C = 26.3 |Apr mean C = 25.7 |May mean C = 25.6 |Jun mean C = 25.4 |Jul mean C = 26.0 |Aug mean C = 26.9 |Sep mean C = 28.1 |Oct mean C = 28.9 |Nov mean C = 29.1 |Dec mean C = 28.6 | year mean C = 27.1 |Jan low C = 23.0 |Feb low C = 22.4 |Mar low C = 22.1 |Apr low C = 21.8 |May low C = 21.2 |Jun low C = 20.1 |Jul low C = 20.2 |Aug low C = 21.0 |Sep low C = 22.2 |Oct low C = 22.9 |Nov low C = 23.3 |Dec low C = 23.4 | year low C = 22.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 109.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 94.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 142.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 126.9 |May precipitation mm = 50.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 16.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 9.8 |Aug precipitation mm = 6.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 1.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 5.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 5.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 30.7 |year precipitation mm = 599.8 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 7 | Feb precipitation days = 8 | Mar precipitation days = 11 | Apr precipitation days = 11 | May precipitation days = 7 | Jun precipitation days = 2 | Jul precipitation days = 2 | Aug precipitation days = 1 | Sep precipitation days = 1 | Oct precipitation days = 1 | Nov precipitation days = 0 | Dec precipitation days = 2 | year precipitation days = | Jan humidity = 62.3 | Feb humidity = 67.5 | Mar humidity = 72.5 | Apr humidity = 75.9 | May humidity = 71.3 | Jun humidity = 60.6 | Jul humidity = 51.3 | Aug humidity = 44.4 | Sep humidity = 42.0 | Oct humidity = 43.4 | Nov humidity = 44.8 | Dec humidity = 49.7 | year humidity = 57.1 |Jan sun = 175.3 |Feb sun = 152.8 |Mar sun = 168.8 |Apr sun = 164.9 |May sun = 196.7 |Jun sun = 222.5 |Jul sun = 253.5 |Aug sun = 277.2 |Sep sun = 277.8 |Oct sun = 272.3 |Nov sun = 242.4 |Dec sun = 208.9 |year sun = 2613.1 |source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia{{cite web | url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas | title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010 | publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia | language = Portuguese | accessdate = 21 May 2024}}
References
References
- [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ce/taua/panorama IBGE 2020]
- "Paróquia Nossa Senhora do Rosário - Tauá". Diocese of Crateus.
- (2002). "Verbo cívico: visão histórico-sociológica da Assembléia Legislativa do Ceará". Expert Editora.
- Chandler, Billy Jaynes. (1972). "Latin American Monographs". University of Florida Press, 1957-c1984..
- "Historia de Tauá". Government of Tauá.
- Gaiser, Thomas. (2003). "Global Change and Regional Impacts: Water Availability and Vulnerability of Ecosystems and Society in the Semiarid Northeast of Brazil". Springer.
- Pamphlets, Raymond C.. (1902). "Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection". Proceedings of the United States National Museum.
- (March 2, 2011). "Serrote do Quinamuiú em debate". Diario do Nordeste.
- "Cultura do Inhamuns 960". RÁDIO CULTURA DOS INHAMUNS.
- "Antônia Alves Feitosa, a Jovita Feitosa". Federal University of Campina Grande.
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