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  2. Recife - Wikipedia

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    Map of Recife and Mauritsstad, ca. 1682, Weduwe van Jacob van Meurs (publisher) Recife began as a collection of fishing shacks, inns and warehouses on the delta between the Capibaribe and Beberibe Rivers in the captaincy of Pernambuco, sometime between 1535 and 1537 in the earliest days of Portuguese colonisation of Terra de Santa Cruz, later called Brazil, on the northeast coast of South America.

  3. Politics of Pernambuco - Wikipedia

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    The politics of Pernambuco is the direction of Pernambuco's territory and the determination of the powers that make up its government structure. It is governed by three branches, the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary, [2] [3] [4] and its current constitution was enacted on October 5, 1989; the first constitution was enacted in 1891 and after that there were three others.

  4. Timeline of Recife - Wikipedia

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    1654 - Recapture of Recife by Portuguese forces. 1667 - Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos (Recife) (church) established (approximate date). [citation needed] 1710 - War of the Mascates begins. [4] [5] 1720 - Igreja Madre de Deus (Recife) (church) built. 1767 - Basilica and Convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Recife (church) built.

  5. Recife Antigo - Wikipedia

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    The first Synagogue built in the Americas, the Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue, is located in Recife Antigo, on Rua do Bom Jesus, formerly Rua dos Judeus, or Street of the Jews. The Portuguese synagogue was founded in lower Manhattan and it is located on Central Park West in Manhattan nowadays under the name Portuguese & Spanish synagogue.

  6. Federal University of Pernambuco - Wikipedia

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    These two faculties/free schools, and those of Medicine (1927), Philosophy currently known as Faculdade Frassinetti do Recife - FAFIRE (1941) and Belas Artes (1932), became the base courses to UFPE's formation. On 11 August 1946, the University of Recife was created, one of the first university centers of the North and Northeast of Brazil.

  7. Recife Port - Wikipedia

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    Since June 1, 2001, through the accord delegation n. 02/2001, the responsibility of the administration and operation of the port has been held by the state government of Pernambuco through the new company Porto de Recife S.A. Historically, the port was the main reason of the foundation of the village of Recife in the 16th century. [1]

  8. COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    covid.saude.gov.br The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has resulted in 37,511,921 [ 1 ] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 702,116 [ 1 ] deaths. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Brazil on 25 February 2020, [ 4 ] when a man from São Paulo who had traveled to Italy [ 5 ] tested positive for the virus.

  9. Sport Club do Recife - Wikipedia

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    Sport Club do Recife (Portuguese pronunciation: [(i)ˈspɔʁtʃi ˈklub(i) du ʁeˈsifi]), commonly known as Sport Recife or simply Sport, is a Brazilian sports club, located in Recife, Pernambuco. Founded in 1905, the club currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A , the top tier of football in Brazil , and in the Campeonato ...