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Sobral is a city and municipality in the state of Ceará
Ceará

Cear? is one of the 26 States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean coast. This land of the sun is one of the main tourist destinations of Brazil and has attractions for all tastes....
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Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
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Sobral is the second largest municipality of Ceará, after Fortaleza
Fortaleza

Fortaleza is the state capital of Cear?, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population of over 3.4 million , Fortaleza has an area of . To the north of the city lies the Atlantic Ocean; to the south are the cities of Pacatuba, Eus?bio, Maracana? and Itaitinga; to the east is the county of Aquiraz and the Atlantic Ocean; and to the west i...
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Sobral is a city and municipality in the state of Ceará
Ceará

Cear? is one of the 26 States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean coast. This land of the sun is one of the main tourist destinations of Brazil and has attractions for all tastes....
, Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
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Sobral is the second largest municipality of Ceará, after Fortaleza
Fortaleza

Fortaleza is the state capital of Cear?, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population of over 3.4 million , Fortaleza has an area of . To the north of the city lies the Atlantic Ocean; to the south are the cities of Pacatuba, Eus?bio, Maracana? and Itaitinga; to the east is the county of Aquiraz and the Atlantic Ocean; and to the west i...
. Its economy is based on agriculture
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
, services and some manufacturing industries
Industry

An industry is the manufacturing of a Good or Service within a category. Although industry is a broad term for any kind of economic production, in economics and urban planning industry is a synonym for the secondary sector, which is a type of economic activity involved in the manufacturing of raw materials into goods and products....
. The city has two universities (Universidade Federal do Ceará
Universidade Federal do Ceará

Federal University of Cear? is a federal university with campuses in the cities of Fortaleza, Sobral, Cear? and Barbalha, in the state of Cear?, Brazil....
, with a medical school
Medical school

A medical school is a tertiary educational institution?or part of such an institution?that teaches medicine.In addition to a medical degree program, some medical schools offer programs leading to a Master's Degree, Doctor of Philosophy , or other post-secondary education....
) and the Universidade Estadual do Vale do Acaraú
Universidade Estadual do Vale do Acaraú

Universidade Estadual do Vale do Acara? is a state-operated university located in Sobral, Cear?, Cear?, Brazil.External links* ...
. The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral is a diocese located in the city of Sobral, Cear? in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fortaleza in Brazil....
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The city became internationally known when it was the place where the first astronomical observation of a solar eclipse
Solar eclipse

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured. This can only happen during a new moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth....
 on May 29, 1919 by a team of British
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name and the state form of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927....
 scientists led by Sir Arthur Eddington was offered as the first proof of Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a Germany-born theoretical physics. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass?energy equivalence, expressed by the equation E = mc2....
's theory of general relativity
General relativity

General relativity or the general theory of relativity is the Geometry Theoretical physics of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916....
, which had been published in 1916. A "Museum of the Eclipse" celebrates this event in the town. There is a monument at the museum marking the location of this solar eclipse.

Population: 155,276
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