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ARACATY, or ARACATI

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 287 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARACATY, or ARACATI , a See also:city and See also:port of See also:Brazil, in the See also:state of See also:Ceara, 75 M. S.E. of See also:Fortaleza, on the See also:river Jaguaribe, 8 m. from the See also:sea. Pop. of the See also:municipality (1890) 20,182, of whom about 12,000 belonged to the city. A dangerous See also:bar at the mouth of the river permits the entrance only of the smaller See also:coasting steamers, but the port is an important commercial centre, and exports considerable quantities of See also:cotton, hides, manicoba, See also:rubber, See also:fruit, and See also:palm See also:wax.

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