Acarape
Acarapé is a city in the north region of the state of
Ceará,
Brazil.
One can attribute the existence of Acarapé as simply an urban extension ofthe city of
Redenção given that only 3km separate the two cities.
Initially the location of today's Acarapé was called
Calaboca which was part of the city of
Redenção. When the slaves were freed in Brazil, the people of the very modest locationof
Calaboca decided to play homage to their origins, thus changing the name to
Acarapé which means
from the Acarás.
Before the change above, Calaboca benefited from rail track linking
Fortaleza to
Baturité and the establishment of a rail station in Calaboca in
October 26,
1879.Being part of a major rail route served as an incentive for small merchants to openstores in Calaboca. The population grew and in
April 16,
1987 the locationbecame a
city with the name of
Acarapé.
Very little information is available about the religious establishment in Acarapé. It is know that the main church (dedicated to saint
John the Baptist) was founded on
January 6,
1943.
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Sugarcane*
Bean*
Cachaça: Ypióca group
* Acarapé is also used by the population as a reference to
city water. If one person says to be drinking
water from Acarapé, this person is saying that the water is
tap water. This is the case, because one of the large [dam|dams] in the state of
Ceará is the
Acarapé Dam.
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Satellite view of Acarapé*
Location of city within the state*
Cachaça Ypióca produced in Acarapé
