Recife
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Recife (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁeˈsifi] ( listen), heh-see-fee) is the fift-lairgest[1] metropolitan aurie in Brazil wi 3,743,854 indwallers, the lairgest metropolitan aurie o the North/Northeast Regions, the 5t-lairgest metropolitan influence aurie in Brazil, an the caipital an lairgest ceety o the state o Pernambuco. The population o the ceety proper wis 1,555,039 in 2012.[2]
Recife | |
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The Municipality o Recife | |
Frae upper left: Auld centre o Recife; Recife an its bridges; Aereal View o Boa Viagem Beach; Boa Viagem Beach; The Crystal Touer; Capibaribe River; The neighborhuid o Boa Viagem; Agamenon Magalhães Avenue; Recife Sunset. | |
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Motto(s): ["Ut Luceat Omnibus"] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help) "That it mey shine on aw" (Matthew 5:15) | |
Coordinates: 8°3′S 34°54′W | |
Kintra | Brazil |
Region | Northeast |
State | Pernambuco |
Foondit | Mairch 12, 1537 |
Incorporatit (as veelage) | 1709 |
Incorporatit (as ceety) | 1823 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Geraldo Júlio de Mello Filho (Geraldo Júlio) (PSB) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 218 km2 (84.17 sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,768 km2 (1,068.7 sq mi) |
Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
Population (2012) | |
• Municipality | 1,555,039 (9t) |
• Density | 7133.2/km2 (18537.9/sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,743,854(6t) |
• Metro density | 1,352.5/km2 (3,527/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
Postal Code | 50000-000 |
Area code(s) | +55 81 |
Website | Recife, Pernambuco |
Recife is locatit whaur the Beberibe River meets the Capibaribe River tae flaw intae the Atlantic Ocean. It is a major port on the Atlantic Ocean. Its name is an allusion tae the coral reefs that are present bi the ceety's shores. The mony rivers, smaa islands an ower 50 brigs foond in Recife ceety centre characterize its geografie an gies it the moniker o the "Brazilian Venice."
The Metropolitan Region o Recife is the main industrial zone o the State o Pernambuco; maist relevant products are those derived frae cane (succar an ethanol), electronics, fuid, an ithers; thanks tae the fiscal incentives o govrenment, mony industrial enterprises wur stairtit in the 1970s an 1980s. Recife haes a tradeetion o bein the maist important commercial centre o the North/Northeastern region o Brazil wi mair nor 52,500 business enterprises in Recife itself plus 32,500 in the Metro Aurie which tots mair nor 85,000.[3]
A combination o a lairge supply o labor an signeeficant private investments turned Recife intae Brazil's seicont lairgest medical centre (seicont anly tae São Paulo);[4] modren hospitals wi state-o-the-airt equipment receive patients frae several neighborin States.[5][6] Lik aw ither ceeties in the Northeast, Recife is developin its tourist sector. The beach o Porto de Galinhas, 60 kilometer (37 mi) sooth o the ceety, haes been repeatitly awairdit the title o baist beach in Brazil an haes drawn mony tourists.[7] Recife's infrastructur is amang the maist developed in Brazil for travellers an business fowk, tho thare is wide room for improvement.[8]
The ceety is an aa a renowned eddicational centre, an home tae the Federal Varsity o Pernambuco, the lairgest varsity in Pernambuco. Several Brazilian historical figures, sic as the poet an abolitionist Castro Alves, moved tae Recife tae attain thair eddication.
Thegither wi Natal thir are the anly Brazilian ceeties wi direct flichts tae the islands o Fernando de Noronha, Warld Heritage Steid syne 2001.[9]