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    <title>Qualla: Mossoró</title>
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      <title>Mossoró: Introduction</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mossoró is the stop you make when you are trying to understand the Brazilian northeast from the inside. It sits almost exactly halfway between Natal and Fortaleza, four hours by bus in either direction, on the dry plateau where the *sertão* begins to give way to the coast. It is not a beach town - Tibau is the nearest beach, forty kilometers north - and it is not a colonial postcard. It is a working city of salt panners, oil workers, melon growers, and university students, and it has one of the best June festivals in the region.]]></description>
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      <title>Mossoró: Getting In Without a Rental Car</title>
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      <title>Mossoró: Moving Through the City</title>
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      <title>Mossoró: The Sights That Tell You Where You Are</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Resistance Memorial (*Memorial da Resistência*) is the one essential stop. It tells the story of Mossoró's 1927 confrontation with the *cangaceiro* outlaw Lampião and his gang, who attacked the city and were - uniquely in Lampião's long career - beaten back by the townspeople...]]></description>
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      <title>Mossoró: Eating and Drinking</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Praça de Convivência is an open-air mall near the center with bars, restaurants, snack bars, and fast food together in one place. Weekend nights bring live music and a crowd. It is generally considered safe. Trattoria serves a mixed menu - Japanese, Italian, and regional dish...]]></description>
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<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/mossoro/">Mossoró on Qualla</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Mossoró: Sleeping Close to What You Came For</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A cluster of hotels lines the highway near the bus station, which is convenient if you are arriving late or leaving early. Sabinos, near the UFERSA university campus, is a reasonable mid-range option slightly out of the center but well connected. If you are coming specifically fo...]]></description>
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