Jijoca de Jericoacoara (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒiˈʒɔkɐ dʒi ʒɛɾikuˌakuˈaɾɐ]) is the northernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Ceará, near the city of Cruz.

[2] The word Jericoacoara comes from the indigenous Tupi language and means "lair of turtles", from îurukûá "sea turtle" and kûara "lair, hole".

A fact of some historical significance is the report of Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (Captain of Nau Niña, the fleet of Christopher Columbus), which anchored in the bay of Jericoacoara in 1499.

[3] 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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