Fortaleza has a typical tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate, with high temperatures and high relative humidity throughout the year.

There is a service from Praia to Fortaleza, Brazil on Mondays and Thursdays departing early evening and returning at night.

Fortaleza (, Fortress ) is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil.

With a population close to 2. 3 million ( metropolitan region over 3. 4 million ), Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil.

Fortaleza is one of the three leading cities in the Northeast region together with Recife and Salvador.

The relative humidity in the air in Fortaleza is 77 % with average annual rainfall of.

Generally, Fortaleza is characterized by its hotness.

Fortaleza weather is unique in that there is usually rain during the first six months of the year, from January to June.

The dominant religion of Fortaleza is Roman Catholicism due to the influence of Portuguese settlers and missionaries during the colonial rule of Brazil.

Of these, the Fortaleza de São Miguel is the best preserved.

In 1598, the Earl of Cumberland is reported to have used the islands as a staging ground for his later attack on La Fortaleza in Puerto Rico.

An important variant is found in and around Fortaleza, Ceará ( called maracatu cearense ), which is different from the Recife / Olinda tradition in many respects: triangles are used instead of gonguês, surdos or zabumbas instead of alfaias.

Among the more notable of the revolts was the Jayuya Uprising, when a group of Puerto Rican Nationalists, under the leadership of Blanca Canales, held the town of Jayuya for three days, the Utuado Uprising which culminated in what is known as the " Utuado Massacre ," and the attack on La Fortaleza ( the Puerto Rican governor's mansion ).

Omoa's most striking feature is the Fortaleza de San Fernando de Omoa, an 18th century Spanish fort, though there are actually two forts there.

There are 18 thousand square meters of urbanised area, with coffee bar services, various restaurants, stores, travel agencies, banks, in addition to an auditorium and two memorials: The Porto Memorial and the Fortaleza de São Pedro Nolasco Memorial There is, also, a fluvial station and extensive external area.

Claimed to be the world's largest rapadura, on display on a farm southeast of Fortaleza, Ceara, it took 19, 800 kilograms of sugar cane to produce this block, which is more than 10 square meters and weighs 1, 811 kilograms.

The population of Manaus is 1, 861, 838 inhabitants ( as performed by counting IBGE in 2012 ), making it the seventh largest city in Brazil, after São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia, Fortaleza and Belo Horizonte.

At one point he was placed in charge of the Fortaleza Ozama, the famous fort in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where there is a large statue of him, a gift to that country from a King of Spain.

José Martiniano de Alencar was born in what is today the bairro of Messejana, Fortaleza, Ceará, on May 1, 1829, to priest ( and later senator ) José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar and his cousin Ana Josefina de Alencar.

The San Carlos Fortress ( in Spanish: Fortaleza de San Carlos ) is a fort in the city of Perote, in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

Fortaleza Esporte Clube, usually known as Fortaleza, is primarily a football club, but is active in other sports such as futsal, handball and basketball.

Ceará Sporting Club, or Ceará, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on June 2, 1914.

Ferroviário Atlético Clube, or Ferroviário as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on May 9, 1933.

Eric Gramond set the distance record when he went 419. 9 km ( 226 Nm ), crossing from Fortaleza to Parnaíba in Brazil during 24 hours on October 12, 2008.

Attractions include the Portuguese-built Fortaleza de São José da Amura barracks from the 18th century, containing Amílcar Cabral's mausoleum, the Pidjiguiti Memorial to the dockers killed in the Bissau Dockers ' Strike on August 3, 1959, the Guinea-Bissau National Arts Institute, Bissau New Stadium and local beaches.

From August 12 to August 16, 2005, he visited eight state capitals of Brazil including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Goiânia, Recife, Maceió, João Pessoa, Natal and Fortaleza.

Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara ( February 7, 1909, Fortaleza, Ceará, North East Brazil – August 27, 1999 Recife ) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Olinda and Recife.

On August 31, 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL525 million ( USD276. 6 million ; EUR193. 8 million ) investiment plan to up-grade Pinto Martins International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil, Fortaleza being one of the venue cities.

With the increase of direct navigational communications with Europe the Customs of Fortaleza was created in 1812.

This included the export of cotton and the development of diverse workmanships, such as the creation of the 2 secondary schools, the Ceará and Mucuripe Lighthouse in 1845, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Fortaleza in 1861, Prainha Seminary in 1864, Public Library in 1867 and the Public transportation network in 1870, which began with the construction of Railroad of Baturité.

In the twentieth century, Fortaleza underwent significant urban changes, with improvements and the rural exodus to the city, with growth mostly happening towards the end of the decade of 1910, which helped promote the city to the title of seventh best city in population in Brazil.

In 1922, Fortaleza reached its first hundred thousand inhabitants with the annexation of the cities of Messejana and Parangaba, now important districts of the city.

In the 1980s, Fortaleza exceeded Recife in population terms, becoming the second most populous city in Northeastern Brazil, with 1, 308, 919 inhabitants.

On 20 April, Humberto Sorí Marin was executed at Fortaleza de la Cabaña, having been arrested on 18 March following infiltration into Cuba with 14 tons of explosives.

The LDS Church now also has 6 temples spread out across the nation, in Campinas, Curitiba, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, and São Paulo, with an additional temple under construction in Fortaleza.

1539-Construction of the first fortified defenses at Castillo San Felipe del Morro and La Fortaleza, with batteries aimed at the harbor entrance.

Federal University of Ceará ( UFC, Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Ceará ) is a federal university with campuses in the cities of Fortaleza, Sobral and Barbalha, in the state of Ceará, Brazil.

In Fortaleza, the university has three main campuses: " Campus do Pici ", with the most of the programs in science and technology areas, " Campus do Benfica ", which harbors the university's administration and the programs in humanities, business, and the law school, and the " Campus do Porangabussu ", with the medical school.

* 2002 Ceará ( under legal dispute with Fortaleza )

José Nicolau da Fonseca has recorded that Diogo Rodrigues died in Colva, Goa and was buried inside the church of Salcette of which he was the Captain of the fort at that time called: Igreja da Nossa Senhora de Neves at Rachol with his grave's inscription reading: Aqui jaz Diogo Rodrigues o do Forte, Capitão desta Fortaleza, O qual derrubou os pagodes destas terras.

Map of Fortaleza with ParangabaParangaba is a neighborhood of Fortaleza in Ceará, Brazil.

The Estádio Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, also known as the Castelão () or Gigante da Boa Vista, is a football stadium that was inaugurated on November 11, 1973 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 60, 326 people.

Some of its facilities are shared with the Fortaleza Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

* June 8, 1982: a VASP Boeing 727 – 212 registration PP-SRK operating flight 168 from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Fortaleza collided with a mountain while on approach to Fortaleza.