{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Jijoca de Jericoacoara |other_name = Jericoacoara |nickname = "''Jeri''" |imagesize = 250px |image_flag = Bandeira Jijoca de Jericoacoara Ceara Brasil.png |image_shield = Brasao Jijoca de Jericoacoara Ceara Brasil.png |image_map = Ceara Municip JijocadeJericoacoara.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of Jijoca de Jericoacoara in [[Ceará]] |subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[Brazil]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast]] |subdivision_type2 = [[States of Brazil|State]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Ceará]] |leader_title = [[Mayor]] |leader_name = Sergio Herrero Gimenez ([[Brazilian Social Democracy Party|PSDB]]) |established_title = Founded |established_date = May 6, 1991 |area_total_km2 = 201.858 |population_as_of = 2020 <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ce/jijoca-de-jericoacoara/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 20,087 |population_density_km2 = 82.5 |elevation_m = 22 |elevation_ft = |timezone = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]] |utc_offset = −3 |website = http://www.jijocadejericoacoara.ce.gov.br [http://www.jijocadejericoacoara.ce.gov.br/] }}
'''Jijoca de Jericoacoara''' ({{IPA|pt|ʒiˈʒɔkɐ dʒi ʒɛɾikuˌakuˈaɾɐ}}) is the northernmost municipality in the [[Brazil]]ian [[States of Brazil|state]] of [[Ceará]], near the city of [[Cruz, Ceará|Cruz]]. It is known for its eponymous [[Jijoca de Jericoacoara (beach)|beach]] and [[Jericoacoara National Park|national park]]. It is served by [[Jericoacoara airport]], which opened in 2017.<ref name="openingday">{{cite news | url=http://g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/aeroporto-de-jericoacoara-no-ceara-e-inaugurado-com-voo-comercial-vindo-de-congonhas.ghtml | title = Aeroporto de Jericoacoara no Ceará é inaugurado com voo comercial vindo de Congonhas |date=24 June 2017 | access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>
== Name == The word Jericoacoara comes from the indigenous [[Tupian languages|Tupi language]] and means "lair of turtles", from {{lang|tup|îurukûá}} "sea turtle" and {{lang|tup|kûara}} "lair, hole".
== History == A fact of some historical significance is the report of [[Vicente Yáñez Pinzón]] (Captain of ''[[Carrack|Nau]]'' [[Niña (ship)|Niña]], the fleet of [[Christopher Columbus]]), which anchored in the bay of Jericoacoara in 1499.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitejericoacoara.com/jericoacoara/en/sobre_jericoacoara.php#parque|title=Jericoacoara's Guide|access-date=2009-06-03|publisher=visitejericoacoara.com|archive-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129225842/http://www.visitejericoacoara.com/jericoacoara/en/sobre_jericoacoara.php#parque|url-status=dead}}</ref> But this was not official at the time as a result of the [[Treaty of Tordesillas]], which was signed in the same year.
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