Capibaribe River
The Capibaribe River is a river located in Pernambuco state, Brazil, with a length of 240 kilometers. The Capibaribe originates in the Serra do Jacarará, in the municipality of Poção, and flows to the Atlantic Ocean at Recife.- Type: River
- Description: river in Pernambuco, Brazil
- Also known as: “reka Capibaribe”, “Rio Capiberibe”, and “Rio Capiboribe”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Museu de História Natural Louis Jacques Brunet and Saint Isabel Theather.
Museu de História Natural Louis Jacques Brunet
Museum
Museu de História Natural Louis Jacques Brunet is a museum.
Saint Isabel Theather
Theater building
Santa Isabel Theater is located in the Brazilian city of Recife, capital of Pernambuco state.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recife Antigo and Recife.
Capibaribe River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Pernambuco, Northeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-8.05784° or 8° 3′ 28″ south
Longitude
-34.87871° or 34° 52′ 43″ west
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
6937W4RC+VG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Capibaribe River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “riu Capibaribe”
- Cebuano: “Rio Capibaribe”
- Czech: “Capibaribe”
- Dutch: “Capibaribe”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كاپيباريب”
- Irish: “Abhainn Capibaribe”
- Portuguese: “Rio Capibaribe”
- Russian: “Капибариби”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Capibaribe (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Capibaribe”
- Slovenian: “Capibaribe”
- Spanish: “Río Capibaribe”
- Swedish: “Rio Capibaribe”
- Ukrainian: “Капібарібі”
- Welsh: “Afon Capibaribe”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Santo Antônio and Santo Amaro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de Pernambuco and Tribunal de Contas do Estado de Pernambuco.
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Worth a closer look: Recife and Olinda.
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