Camocim Attractions
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Camocim
The town of Camocim, in the far north-west of Ceará state, is 360km/225mi north-west of Fortaleza and 128km/80mi east of Parnaíba (Piauí). Its development originally was due to cattle-farming and to the production and export of charque (dried meat) and animal skins. All these activities were later also established in Parnaíba, the port of Piauí. The trade in dried meat from Ceará flourished into the 18th century, when a three-year-long drought destroyed most of the cattle. Thereafter the state of Rio Grande do Sul, far in the south of Brazil, became the main center of the trade. Camocim is now a good center from which to visit some of the finest coastal areas in north-western Ceará.
Bus station
Praça da Saudade
The town of Camocim, in the far north-west of Ceará state, is 360km/225mi north-west of Fortaleza and 128km/80mi east of Parnaíba (Piauí). Its development originally was due to cattle-farming and to the production and export of charque (dried meat) and animal skins. All these activities were later also established in Parnaíba, the port of Piauí. The trade in dried meat from Ceará flourished into the 18th century, when a three-year-long drought destroyed most of the cattle. Thereafter the state of Rio Grande do Sul, far in the south of Brazil, became the main center of the trade. Camocim is now a good center from which to visit some of the finest coastal areas in north-western Ceará.
Bus station
Praça da Saudade
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