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Crato

City on the river Granjeiro in Ceará, Brazil.

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Population:
131,050
Elevation Above Sea Level:
426
Area:
1,009.202
Postal Code:
63.100-000 a 63.139-999
Human Development Index:
0.713
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Local Dialing Code:
88
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Wikipedia | Crato, Ceará

Crato is a city of 130,000 inhabitants on the banks of the river Granjeiro in the south of the state of Ceará, in the northeast of Brazil. It was founded on June 21, 1764 by the Capuchin friar Carlos Maria de Ferrara. Originally it was a small village in which the population were principally native Kariris, it gained official status as a city on October 17, 1817.