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  2. Recife - Wikipedia

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    Recife (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁeˈsifi] ⓘ) is the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North and the Northeast Region of Brazil. It is the largest city in Pernambuco state, and the fourth-largest urban area in all of Brazil; the metro ...

  3. Greater Recife - Wikipedia

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    Greater Recife. Recife Metropolitan Area, officially the Metropolitan Region of Recife ( Brazilian Portuguese: Região Metropolitana do Recife (RMR), or Grande Recife ), is a major metropolitan area in Northeast Brazil with a population of 3,7 million as of 2022, [ 1][ 2] centered on the state capital of Recife, Pernambuco.

  4. Pernambuco - Wikipedia

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    Pernambuco (Brazilian Portuguese: [pɛʁnɐ̃ˈbuku] ⓘ) is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 13 million people as of 2022, it is the seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,067.877 km 2, it is the 19th-largest in area among federative units of the country. It is ...

  5. Boa Viagem, Recife - Wikipedia

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    16,000/km 2 (42,000/sq mi) Boa Viagem is a neighborhood in Recife, Pernambuco in the wealthy southern zone of the municipality. The neighborhood has one of the most visited beaches in Northeastern Brazil, Boa Viagem beach. The neighborhood has a population as of 2010 of 122,922 inhabitants, and an area of 753 hectares (2.91 sq mi).

  6. Olinda - Wikipedia

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    HDI (2010) 0.735 – high[2] Website. www.olinda.pe.gov.br. Olinda (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔˈlĩdɐ]) is a historic city in Pernambuco, Brazil, in the Northeast Region. It is located on the country's northeastern Atlantic Ocean coast, in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, the state capital. [3] It has a population of 393,115 people ...

  7. Northeast Region, Brazil - Wikipedia

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    The production of cashew in Brazil is carried out almost exclusively in the Northeast. The area occupied by cashew trees in Brazil in 2017 was estimated at 505,500 ha; of this total, 99.5% is located in the Northeast. The main producers in this region are Ceará (61.6% of the national area), Rio Grande do Norte and Piauí.

  8. Paulo Freire - Wikipedia

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    Biography. Freire was born on 19 September 1921 to a middle-class family in Recife, the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco. He became familiar with poverty and hunger from an early age as a result of the Great Depression. In 1931 his family moved to the more affordable city of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, 18 km west of Recife.

  9. Timeline of Recife - Wikipedia

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    1535 - Olinda settlement established by Duarte Coelho. [1] 1595 - Capture of Recife by English privateer James Lancaster. [1] 1637 - Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue built. [3] 1654 - Recapture of Recife by Portuguese forces. 1720 - Igreja Madre de Deus (Recife) [pt] (church) built. 1767 - Basilica and Convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Recife ...