title: Baturité
text: # Baturité
  
  Baturité is a city of Ceará State, Brazil 80 km (50 mi) from the state capital Fortaleza. It is located in the microregion of Baturité. The population estimate in 2020 was 35,941 inhabitants.
  
  ## Economy
  
  The economy of Baturité is mainly agricultural and based on the cultivation of cotton, sugar cane, rice, maize and beans.
  
  ## History
  
  Baturité received the first railway in the state of Ceará. It started to operate in 1873. Today, this train station is a museum.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Nilto Maciel (1945–2014), writer
  