Uruburetama is a

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in the

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in the Northeast region of

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. Its population, according to the census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE, 2010, is 19,765 people.

Toponymy

"Uruburetama" is a word derived from the Tupi-Guaraní language which means "land of the

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s," by combining the terms ''uru'bu'' (crow, vulture, buzzard) and ''retama'' (land).

History

The municipality is located in the former 'sesmaria' (colonial land allotment) granted to the Captain General Bento Coelho de Morais on November 19, 1720. These lands were donated to the Father Estevão Velho Cabral de Melo for priestly heritage by Manuel Pereira Pinto, a lieutenant colonel, who received the inheritance of the Captain General Bento Coelho de Morais, his father in law. In 1761 came the first time, the toponym "Sítio Arraial" (Ranch Hamlet), in a document that Father Estevão reverted the land to its donors, reserving for himself only a quarter of a

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. In 1878, the Fathers João Francisco Dias Nogueira and José Tomaz Albuquerque concluded the current main church thanks to donations from the people. On 1 August 1890, Decree 34 the settlement was elevated to town with the toponym of St. John of Arraial. But the following year, by court term, the council was dissolved and attached to the municipalities of San Francisco (now

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) and

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. On July 28, 1899, through Law 526, the village was restored with the name of St. John Uruburetama. The village was elevated to city status under the name of Arraial in 1931, under the State Decree 262 of 28 July 1931. However, the name was replaced by Uruburetama in 1938. At the time, the council was made up of districts: Uruburetama (headquarters), Curu (now

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), Natavidade ( Cemoaba), Riachuelo (now Umirim) and Tururu, all independent today. Currently the municipality consists of the districts Uruburetama, Santa Luzia, Itacolomy, Retiro, Severino, Canto Escuro, Bananal and Tamboatá.

Geographical

It is located in the coastal region of the state, with a distance of about 111 km, in line straight from the state capital

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Cities surrounding Uruburetama

The diagram below show the cities 40 km near Uruburetama.

Culture

Uruburetama's

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has much variety, and it is very significant for the ones who live there.

References

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