Sobral, Ceará
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City waterfront
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| Nickname(s): Princesa do Norte | |||
| Motto: Sobral cada vez melhor | |||
 Location in the state of Ceará and Brazil |
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| Coordinates: 03°40′26″S 40°14′20″W / 3.67389°S 40.23889°WCoordinates: 03°40′26″S 40°14′20″W / 3.67389°S 40.23889°W | |||
| Country | Brazil | ||
| Region | Northeast | ||
| State | Ceará | ||
| Settled | July 5, 1773 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Clodoveu Arruda (PT) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 2,129.989 km2 (822.393 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 213,673 | ||
| • Density | 83.32/km2 (215.8/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) | ||
| HDI (2010) | 0.714 – UNDP | ||
| Website | www |
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| Designated | 1379 | ||
| Reference no. | 944 | ||
Sobral is a municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil.
Sobral is the fifth largest municipality of Ceará, after Fortaleza. Its economy is based on agriculture, services and some manufacturing industries. The city has two public universities (Universidade Federal do Ceará, with a medical school, computer engineering, electrical engineering, finance, economy, dentistry, psychology and teaching music) and the Universidade Estadual do Vale do Acaraú, and also has two other private colleges, Faculdade Luciano Feijão, Unopar, Ieducare, and Inta − a theological institute. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral.
The city became internationally known as the place where the first astronomical observation of a solar eclipse on May 29, 1919, by a team of British scientists led by Sir Frank Watson Dyson was offered as the first proof of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, which had been published in 1916. The town's "Museum of the Eclipse" celebrates this event. There is a monument at the museum marking the location of this solar eclipse, erected in honor of a planetarium in the Patrocinio Square.
The climate of Sobral is hot almost all year. The temperature in the municipality varies from 22 to 36 °C (72 to 97 °F).
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