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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Fortaleza
|settlement_type = Municipality
|official_name = The Municipality o Fortaleza
|image_skyline = Montagem Fortaleza.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|image_caption = Top left:Beira Beach, Top richt:Rubens Azevedo Planetarium in Dragao area, Middle:Mucuripe Beach, Bottom o left:Beach Park attraction zone in Porto das Dunas aurie, Bottom o richt:Iracema Statue in Messejana Lake aurie
|nickname = ''Fortal''
|motto = "Fortitudine"
|image_flag = Bandeira Fortaleza Ceara Brasil.svg
|image_seal = Brasao Fortaleza Ceara Brasil new.svg
|image_map = Ceara_Municip_Fortaleza.svg
|mapsize = 250px
|pushpin_map=Brazil
|pushpin_map_size=250
|pushpin_map_caption=Location in Brazil
|coordinates_region = BR
|subdivision_type = Kintra
|subdivision_type1 = [[Regions o Brazil|Region]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[States o Brazil|State]]
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}}
|subdivision_name1 = [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[File:Bandeira Estado Ceara Brasil.svg|border|22px]] [[Ceará]]
|leader_title = [[Mayor]] |
|leader_name = [[Roberto Claudio]] ([[Wirkers' Pairty (Brazil)|PT]])
|established_title = Foondit
|established_date = 13 Aprile 1726
|area_magnitude = 1 E8
|area_total_km2 = 313.8
|area_total_sq_mi = 121.1
|elevation_m = 21
|elevation_ft = 68.9
|population_as_of = 2009
|population_total = 2,315,116 ([[Leet o lairgest ceeties in Brazil|5t]])
|population_metro = 3602319
|population_density_km2 = 7587.68
|population_density_sq_mi = 19611
|timezone = [[Time in Brazil|BST]]
|utc_offset = -3
|latd= 3 |latm= 43 |lats= 6 |latNS= S
|longd= 38 |longm= 32 |longs= 34 |longEW= W
|area_code = +55 85
|postal_code_type = Postal Code
|postal_code = 60000-000
|timezone_DST =
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|website = [http://www.fortaleza.ce.gov.br Fortaleza, Ceará]
}}
'''Fortaleza''' ({{IPA-pt|foʁtaˈlezɐ}}, ''Fortress'') is the state caipital o [[Ceará]], locatit in [[Northeastern Brazil]]. Wi a population close tae 2.3 million (metropolitan region ower 3.4 million), Fortaleza is the [[Leet o lairgest ceeties in Brazil|5t lairgest ceety in Brazil]]. It haes an aurie o {{convert|313|km2|sqmi}} an the heichest demographic density in the Kintra (8,001 per km²). Tae the north o the ceety lees the Atlantic Ocean; tae the sooth are the [[Municipalities o Brazil|municipalities]] o [[Pacatuba, Ceará|Pacatuba]], [[Eusébio, Ceará|Eusébio]], [[Maracanaú]] an [[Itaitinga]]; tae the east is the municipality o [[Aquiraz]] an the Atlantic Ocean; an tae the wast is the municipality o [[Caucaia]]. Residents o the ceety are kent as ''Fortalezenses''. Fortaleza is ane o the three leadin ceeties in the Northeast region thegither wi [[Recife]] an [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]]. The ceety will be ane o the host ceeties o the [[2014 FIFA Warld Cup]], for which Brazil is the host naition.
==Sister ceeties==
Fortaleza's [[Twin touns an sister ceeties|sister ceeties]] are:
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! ! style="background:#3399EE; color:white; width:150px;"| State / Region
|- style="color:black; background:white;"
|! !| {{Flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela]]
|! !| [[File:Caracas coat of arms.gif|25px]] [[Caracas]]
{{cite web |url=http://clipping.planejamento.gov.br/Noticias.asp?NOTCod=349005 |title=Pragmatismo marca gestão de Luizianne em Fortaleza |date=17 de abril de 2007 |publisher=Clipping do Ministério do Planejamento |accessdate= 2008-07-14}}
|! !| [[File:Flag of Venezuela.svg|25px]] [[Caipital Destrict (Venezuela)|Caipital Destrict]]
|- style="color:black; background:white;"
|! !| {{Flagicon|United States}} [[Unitit States]]
|! !| [[File:MiamiBeachCity seal.png|25px]] [[Miami Beach]]
{{cite web |url=http://www.miamibeachfl.gov/newcity/agendas/aa052604.pdf |format=PDF|title=Sister City of Miami Beach — City Commission Meeting |date=26 de maio de 2004 |publisher= City of Miami Beach |accessdate=2008-07-14}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
|! !| [[File:Flag of Florida.svg|25px]] [[Florida]]
|- style="color:black; background:white;"
|! !| {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy]]
|! !| [[File:Montese-Stemma.png|25px|]] [[Montese]]
{{cite web |url=http://www.museo.comune.montese.mo.it/web_italiano/PP05.htm |title=La Força Expedicionária Brasileira — F.E.B |date= |publisher=MUSEO STORICO DI MONTESE |accessdate=2008-07-14}}
|! !| [[File:Regione-Emilia-Romagna-Stemma.svg|25px]] [[Emilia-Romagna]]
|- style="color:black; background:white;"
|! !| {{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil]]
|! !| [[File:Brasao de Natal.jpg|25px|]] [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]]
{{cite web |url=http://www.fortaleza.ce.gov.br/diom/dom13338.pdf |format=PDF|title=Lei 9083 Considera Cidade Irmã de Fortaleza a cidade de Natal |date=1 de junho de 2006 |publisher= Diário Oficial do Município de Fortaleza |accessdate=2008-07-14}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
|! !| [[File:Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg|25px|]] [[Rio Grande do Norte]]
|- style="color:black; background:white;"
|! !| {{Flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Cape Verde]]
|! !| [[File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg|25px|]] [[Praia]]
{{cite web |url=http://www.embcv.org.br/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=185 |title=Praia gemina-se com Fortaleza no seu 150º aniversário |date=29 de abril de 2008 |publisher= Embaixador de Cabo Verde em Brasília |accessdate=2008-07-14}}
|! !| [[File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg|25px|]] [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]]
|- style="color:black; background:white;"
|! !| {{Flagicon|United States}} [[Unitit States]]
|! !| [[File:Racineflag.gif|25px]] [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]]
{{cite web |url=http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/Americas/Brazil |work=Sister Cities International | title=Online Directory: Brazil, Americas |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-07-14}}
|! !| [[File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg|25px]] [[Wisconsin]]
|- style="color:black; background:white;"
|! !| {{Flagicon|Senegal}} [[Senegal]]
|! !| [[File:Flag of Senegal.svg|25px|]] [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint-Louis]]
{{cite web |url=http://www.aprece.org.br/site/?prefeitura=41&acao=destaques&subacao=exibir&codigo=676 |title= O 1º Intercâmbio Econômico e Cultural Afro-Brasileiro possibilita negócios entre Senegal e Ceará |year=2006 |publisher=APRECE |accessdate=2008-07-14}}
|! !| [[File:Flag of Senegal.svg|25px|]] [[Saint-Louis Region]]
|}
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