ADR Sertão Central — Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Sertão Central Cearense
Smart Territorial Platform

The Sertão Central of Ceará

A ADR Sertão Central 2033 Smart Territorial Platform constitutes the territorial intelligence environment of Regional Development Agenda of Sertão Central Cearense, integrating centralities, infrastructure, governance, and strategic opportunities aimed at regional transformation within the 2033 horizon.

Integrated regional layer organizing indicators, urban centralities, strategic corridors, regional infrastructure, and opportunities across the 14 municipalities of the ADR Sertão Central Territorial Network, structured around the four strategic pillars of Agenda 2033.

Smart Territorial Platform — ADR Sertão Central

Regional Strategic Infrastructure

Structural assets of the territory and integrated regional capacities of Sertão Central in Ceará.

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The ADR Sertão Central Smart Territorial Platform organizes the key physical, institutional, and strategic assets driving regional integration, territorial competitiveness, and the strengthening of urban centralities across Sertão Central Cearense.

Regional infrastructure is understood as an integrated system that links logistics, healthcare, education, energy, connectivity, water resources, and innovation — consolidating conditions for attracting investments, extending development to the interior, and strengthening regional governance.

01

Strategic Road Infrastructure

Structuring axes of regional territorial and economic integration.

The road network of Sertão Central Cearense articulates the main economic, urban, agricultural, and institutional flows of the region, connecting strategic municipalities to the rest of Ceará and the Northeast.

Strategic assets

BR-122

Main north-south axis, integrating the region with Cariri, Centro-Sul, and the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza.

IbaretamaQuixadáQuixeramobimSenador PompeuMombaça

BR-020

National integration corridor between Fortaleza and the Brazilian Central-West/Southeast.

Boa ViagemMadalena

BR-226

Transversal axis for regional and interstate integration.

MilhãSenador PompeuSolonópole

CE-060

Structuring urban-economic axis of Sertão Central, with significant regional flow of commerce, services, and mobility.

QuixadáQuixeramobimMilhãSenador Pompeu

CE-166 / CE-265 / CE-371

Complementary highways for agricultural, water, and territorial integration.

Strategic indicators

Regional integration
Economic mobility
Productive flows
Inland logistical expansion
02

Multimodal Logistics Platform

Rail, road, and strategic logistical integration of Sertão Central.

The Sertão Central of Ceará is projected as an emerging logistical axis in the northeastern interior, connecting the Transnordestina Railway (tracks in Quixeramobim since 14/08/2026; completion planned for 2027), the Quixeramobim Multimodal Dry Port (works started in Sep/2025; delivery of phase 1 forecast date passed — awaiting confirmation), and regional highway corridors.

Strategic assets

Transnordestina railway

Route under construction crossing the heart of Sertão Central.

Multimodal Dry Port of Quixeramobim

Works started in Sep/2025; delivery of phase 1 with forecast date passed — awaiting confirmation. Planned road-rail integration.

Strategic area with future potential for an Export Processing Zone (ZPE)

Prospective outlook for structuring an Export Processing Zone (ZPE) linked to the Dry Port logistics environment — without institutional definition or formal approval.

BR-122 + CE-060

Highway corridors supporting the multimodal platform.

Participating municipalities

QuixeramobimSenador Pompeu

Strategic indicators

Multimodal integration
Logistics competitiveness
Investment attraction
Porto do Pecém Connection
03

Strategic Water Infrastructure

Water security and integrated regional sustainability.

The regional water system is structured around strategic reservoirs, water pipelines, and integrated systems responsible for human supply, irrigation, fish farming, and regional economic sustainability.

Strategic assets

Açude Banabuiú

Açude Pedras Brancas

Açude Joaquim Távora

Adutora do Algodão Pipeline

Banabuiú–Pedras Brancas System

Participating municipalities

BanabuiúQuixadáQuixeramobimSolonópole

Strategic indicators

Water security
Irrigation
Fish farming
Regional sustainability
04

Regional Energy Infrastructure

Energy capacity and sustainable potential of Sertão Central.

The region shows progressive expansion of distributed solar power generation and significant energy transmission capacity, sustaining a favorable environment for industrial expansion into the interior and sustainable regional development.

Strategic assets

Distributed solar generation

Progressive expansion across urban centers, rural properties, and institutional facilities.

Expanding photovoltaic plants

Solar projects under implementation and study in the regional territory.

Regional substations

Strategic substations and regional energy distribution points.

Transmission lines

Regional transmission system integrating Sertão Central into the National Interconnected System (SIN).

Participating municipalities

Boa ViagemPedra BrancaMombaçaQuixadáMilhãBanabuiú

Strategic indicators

Solar energy
Industrial capacity
Regional sustainability
Integrated transmission
05

Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity

Technological base for regional integration and digital transformation.

Regional connectivity is underpinned by the advancement of fiber optics, expansion of the Cinturão Digital, and the strengthening of technological inclusion in urban centers and rural areas.

Strategic assets

Digital Belt

Regional fiber optic backbone

Business connectivity

Rural digital expansion

Participating municipalities

QuixadáQuixeramobimSenador Pompeu

Strategic indicators

Digital inclusion
Technological education
Digital integration
Regional competitiveness
06

Regional Airport Infrastructure

Strategic air mobility and regional logistical support.

Regional airport assets strengthen executive operations, aeromedical support, emergency logistics, and institutional connectivity.

Strategic assets

Quixadá Regional Airport

Quixeramobim landing strip

Participating municipalities

QuixadáIbaretamaChoróQuixeramobim

Strategic indicators

Executive support
Aeromedical transport
Emergency logistics
Regional mobility
07

Regional Healthcare Infrastructure

Consolidating regional structure, with medium and high complexity in Sertão Central.

Regional healthcare infrastructure is undergoing regional strengthening, positioning Quixeramobim as one of the main care centers in the interior of Ceará. The progressive integration between medium and high-complexity services — including regional oncology, polytrauma, technical-scientific support, and academic health training — sustains inter-municipal flows and expands the regional capacity for specialized care.

Strategic assets

Hospital Regional do Sertão Central (HRSC)

Regional benchmark in medium and high complexity care, regional oncology, and multiple trauma.

Hospital Dr. Pontes Neto

Anchor hospital unit and integrated environment for regional technical-scientific support.

Quixeramobim 24h UPA

Hospital Infantil de Quixeramobim

PEFOCE / IML — adjacent to Hospital Dr. Pontes Neto

Regional technical-scientific support infrastructure, integrating forensic medicine, criminalistics, civil identification and regional support.

FACISC/UECE — healthcare training

Academic environment integrated into the regional healthcare assistance network.

Regional care network

Regional polyclinics

Participating municipalities

Quixeramobim — regional benchmark for the 14 municipalities of ADR Sertão Central

Strategic indicators

Medium and high complexity
Regional oncology and poly-trauma
Technical-scientific support (PEFOCE/IML)
Progressive integration of the network
Regional hub consolidating
08

Regional Education, Technology, and Innovation Hub

Progressive strengthening of regional education in the Ceará hinterland.

The regional educational cluster integrates public universities, federal institutes, private institutions, technology hubs, and vocational training, contributing to the progressive strengthening of human capital, innovation, and territorial development in Sertão Central.

Strategic assets

UFC Quixadá

IFCE Quixadá

IFCE Boa Viagem

Unicatólica — Quixadá

FACISC/UECE

FAUNIQ

FADAT

Anhanguera

Uniasselvi

FATEC Sertão Central (Centec) — Quixeramobim

Distance learning hubs

Regional technological training

Participating municipalities

QuixadáQuixeramobimBoa ViagemMombaça

Strategic indicators

Higher education
Technical training
Technology
Regional innovation
Section 09

Regional Strategic Hubs

Structuring urban hubs that concentrate infrastructure, specialized services, logistics, education, and institutional capabilities responsible for the regional articulation of Sertão Central Cearense.

Quixadá

  • Educational hub
  • Technology and innovation
  • Institutional services

Quixeramobim

  • Logistics hub
  • Regional healthcare
  • Industrial platform

Senador Pompeu

  • Rail integration
  • Strategic territorial corridor

Boa Viagem

  • Agriculture and Livestock
  • BR-020
  • Territorial expansion
Strategic Synthesis

Applied Territorial Intelligence

The ADR Sertão Central Smart Territorial Platform organizes regional infrastructure as applied intelligence for territorial planning, collaborative governance, investment attraction, and the strengthening of economic complementarities in Sertão Central Cearense.

The progressive integration across healthcare, education, logistics, energy, connectivity, and foundational infrastructure reinforces the strategic role of the ADR Sertão Central Territorial Network, positioning Sertão Central Cearense as a benchmark territory for sustainable regional development.

Validated Territorial Base — 2026 Last update: …

Institutional sources

IBGE • IPECE • SEPLAG-CE • Governo do Ceará • UFC • UECE • IFCE • DNOCS • ADECE • ADR Sertão Central

Information maturity

ConsolidatedConsolidatingStrategic PotentialEmerging vector
Institutional Technical Note Territorial Technical Contribution
Smart Territorial Platform

Development that connects territories, drives opportunities, and transforms Sertão Central Cearense.

Regional platform for territorial intelligence, collaborative governance, and strategic articulation.

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Machine-assisted translation. Figures come from the same database as the Portuguese version, which prevails in case of discrepancy.

Acronyms and names used on this page
  • ADR Sertão Central (Regional Development Agency of Sertão Central, Ceará)
  • IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)
  • IPECE (Ceará Institute for Research and Economic Strategy)
  • CAGED (General Register of Employed and Unemployed — formal CLT jobs only)
  • RAIS (Annual Social Information Report — all formal jobs, including civil servants)
  • PNUD (United Nations Development Programme — UNDP)
  • IDH-M — Municipal Human Development Index (IDHM)
  • Bolsa Família (federal cash-transfer program)
  • BPC (federal continuous cash benefit)
  • ZPE — Export Processing Zone (ZPE)
  • Porto Seco — Dry Port
  • Transnordestina (Transnordestina railway)
  • DER-CE (Ceará State Highway Department)