Aquiraz is the thirteenth largest city in the state of Ceará and is located on the nation's northeast coast.

Aquiraz is located 32 km (20 mi) from the state capital of Ceará, Fortaleza.

[4] The Meat Market of Aquiraz dates to the 19th century and is built from local materials.

The historian Clóvis Ramiro Jucá Neto called the market "one of the most important works of traditional architecture in Brazil."

The building was adapted into a sacred art museum in 1967 called the São José de Ribamar Museum of Sacred Art (Museu Sacro São José de Ribamar).