Ceará-Mirim

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Ceará-Mirim is a muicipality in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The population is 70,012 and the area 739.686 km².

[edit] History

The area had been inhabited by indigenous people before the arrival of the Portuguese. In the seventeenth century the Society of Jesus settled here. The founding of the town came in 1755.

Coordinates: 5°38′S 35°26′W / -5.633, -35.433