Fortaleza
Fortaleza babban birnin jihar Ceará ne, dake arewa maso gabashin Brazil. Birni ne na 4 mafi girma a Brazil, birnin ya wuce Salvador a cikin ƙidayar 2023 tare da yawan jama'a sama da miliyan 2.7, kuma birni na 12 mafi girma ta hanyar yawan amfanin gida. Ya zama ainihin yankin babban birni na Fortaleza, wanda ke da gida ga mutane sama da miliyan 4.1.
Fortaleza muhimmiyar cibiyar masana'antu da kasuwanci ce ta Arewa maso Gabashin Brazil. A cewar ma'aikatar yawon bude ido, ita ce birni na hudu da aka fi ziyarta a kasar. Hanyar BR-116, babbar hanya mafi mahimmanci a kasar, ta fara ne a Fortaleza. Gundumar wani yanki ne na kasuwar gama gari ta Mercosur, kuma tashar kasuwanci mai mahimmanci wacce ke kusa da babban yankin Turai, kasancewa kilomita 5,608 (3,485 mi) daga Lisbon, Portugal.
A arewacin birnin akwai Tekun Atlantika; a kudu akwai kananan hukumomin Pacatuba, Eusébio, Maracanaú da Itaitinga; zuwa gabas akwai gundumar Aquiraz da Tekun Atlantika; kuma zuwa yamma akwai gundumar Caucaia. Mazauna garin ana kiransu da Fortalezenses. Fortaleza yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan biranen uku a yankin arewa maso gabas tare da Recife da Salvador.

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