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Pernambuco

Pernambuco is a state in the region of . It is a true microcosm of the region, with a densely populated coastal region containing bustling cities and fantastic beaches, a festive and culturally vibrant , a semi-arid and sparsely…
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Recife and Olinda.

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, the capital of Pernambuco, is one of the largest and most important cities on the northeastern coast of . This lively state capital, founded by Dutch colonizers, is brimming with a vibrant culture, an interesting old town and some nice beaches.

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is a city in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. It hosts one of Brazil's most famous carnivals and is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO due to its 16th and 17th century buildings.

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is an archipelago in and a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site. Its pristine beaches, landscapes, water sorts including snorkeling and diving, and wildlife attract tourists worldwide.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Grande Recife and Pernambuco Interior.

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Metropolitan Area, officially the Metropolitan Region of Recife, is a major metropolitan area in with a population of 3.7 million as of 2022, centered on the state capital of , Pernambuco.

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The is a region of Pernambuco, .

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The is a region in Pernambuco, .

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is a semi-arid protected natural area with dry scrubby terrain, known for its large archaeological site containing 2,000 caves with pre-historic cave drawings estimated to be 6,000 years old.
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Pernambuco

Latitude of center
-8.4116° or 8° 24′ 42″ south
Longitude of center
-37.592° or 37° 35′ 31″ west
Population
9,620,000
Elevation
504 metres (1,654 feet)
Abbreviation
“PE”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 539831949
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3392268
Wiki­data ID
Q40942
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Pernambuco” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pernambuco”
  • Albanian: “Pernambuco”
  • Arabic: “بيرنامبوكو”
  • Aragonese: “Pernambuco”
  • Armenian: “Պերնամբուկու”
  • Asturian: “Pernambuco”
  • Aymara: “Pernambuco Istadu‎”
  • Aymara: “Pernambuco Istadu”
  • Aymara: “Pernambuco”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pernambuku”
  • Basque: “Pernambuco”
  • Belarusian: “Пернамбуку”
  • Belarusian: “Пэрнамбуку”
  • Belarusian: “штат Пернамбуку”
  • Bengali: “পেরনাবুকু”
  • Bishnupriya: “পেরনামবুকো”
  • Bosnian: “Pernambuco”
  • Breton: “Pernambuco”
  • Bulgarian: “Пернамбуко”
  • Bulgarian: “Пернамбуку”
  • Burmese: “ပါနမ်ဘူကိုပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Pernambuco”
  • Catalan: “Pernambuco”
  • Cebuano: “Pernambuco”
  • Chinese: “Pernambuco”
  • Chinese: “伯南布哥”
  • Chinese: “伯南布哥州”
  • Chinese: “伯南布科州”
  • Chinese: “帕南布哥州”
  • Cornish: “Pernambuco”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Pernambuku”
  • Croatian: “Pernambuco”
  • Czech: “Pernambuco”
  • Danish: “Pernambuco”
  • Dutch: “Pernambuco”
  • Esperanto: “Pernambuco”
  • Esperanto: “Pernambuko”
  • Estonian: “Pernambuco osariik”
  • Estonian: “Pernambuco”
  • Finnish: “Pernambuco”
  • French: “État de Pernambouc”
  • French: “État du Pernambouc”
  • French: “Fernambouc”
  • French: “Fernambourg”
  • French: “PE”
  • French: “Pernambouc”
  • French: “Pernambucco”
  • Galician: “Pernambuco”
  • Georgian: “პერნამბუკუ”
  • German: “PE”
  • German: “Pernambuco”
  • Greek: “Περναμπούκο”
  • Guarani: “Paranambuku”
  • Guarani: “Pernambuco”
  • Gujarati: “પરનામ્બુકો”
  • Hebrew: “פרנאמבוקו”
  • Hebrew: “פרנמבוקו”
  • Hindi: “पेरनाम्बुको”
  • Hungarian: “Pernambuco”
  • Icelandic: “Pernambuco”
  • Ido: “Pernambuco”
  • Indonesian: “Pernambuco”
  • Interlingua: “Pernambuco”
  • Irish: “Pernambuco”
  • Italian: “PE”
  • Italian: “Pernambuco”
  • Italian: “Stato di Pernambuco”
  • Japanese: “ペルナンブーコ”
  • Japanese: “ペルナンブーコ州”
  • Japanese: “ペルナンブコ州”
  • Japanese: “ペルナンブッコ州”
  • Kannada: “ಪೆರ್ನಂಬುಕೊ”
  • Kazakh: “Пернамбуку”
  • Korean: “페르남부쿠”
  • Korean: “페르남부쿠주”
  • Ladino: “Pernambuco”
  • Latin: “civitas Pernambucensis”
  • Latin: “Civitas Pernambucensis”
  • Latin: “Fernambocum”
  • Latin: “Pernambuci praefectura”
  • Latin: “Pernambucum”
  • Latvian: “Pernambuku”
  • Limburgan: “Pernambuco”
  • Lithuanian: “Pernambukas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Pernambuco”
  • Macedonian: “Пернамбуко”
  • Malagasy: “Pernambuco”
  • Malay: “Pernambuco”
  • Maltese: “Pernambuco”
  • Marathi: “पर्नांबुको”
  • Marathi: “पेर्नांबुको”
  • Mazanderani: “پرنامبوکو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pernambuco”
  • Nauru: “Pernambuco”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pernambuco”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pernambuco”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pernambuco”
  • Norwegian: “Pernambuco”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pernambuco”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Pernambucland”
  • Ossetian: “Пернамбуку”
  • Persian: “پرنامبوکو”
  • Piemontese: “Pernamboch”
  • Polish: “Pernambuco”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Pernambuco”
  • Portuguese: “PE”
  • Portuguese: “Pernambuco”
  • Quechua: “Pernambuco suyu”
  • Quechua: “Pernambuco”
  • Romanian: “Pernambuco”
  • Russian: “Пернамбуку”
  • Scots: “Pernambuco”
  • Serbian: “Pernambuco”
  • Serbian: “Пернамбуко”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pernambuco”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pernambuko”
  • Sinhala: “පර්නම්බුකෝ ප්‍රාන්තය, බ්‍රසීලය”
  • Sinhala: “පර්නම්බුකෝ”
  • Slovak: “Pernambuco”
  • Slovenian: “PE”
  • Slovenian: “Pernambuco”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Pernambuco”
  • Spanish: “Pernambucano”
  • Spanish: “Pernambuco”
  • Spanish: “Pernanbuco”
  • Swahili: “Pernambuco”
  • Swedish: “Pernambuco”
  • Tajik: “Пернамбуку”
  • Tamil: “பெர்னம்புகோ”
  • Tatar: “Пернамбуку”
  • Telugu: “పెర్నాంబుకో”
  • Tetum: “Pernambuco”
  • Thai: “รัฐเปร์นังบูกู”
  • Thai: “รัฐเปร์นัมบูกู”
  • Turkish: “BR-PE”
  • Turkish: “Estado de Pernambuco”
  • Turkish: “PE”
  • Turkish: “Pernambuco (eyalet)”
  • Turkish: “Pernambuco eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Pernambuco”
  • Ukrainian: “Пернамбуко”
  • Ukrainian: “Пернамбуку”
  • Ukrainian: “Штат Пернамбуку”
  • Urdu: “پرنامبوکو”
  • Uzbek: “Pernambuku”
  • Venetian: “Pernambuco”
  • Vietnamese: “Pernambuco”
  • Volapük: “Pernambuco”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pernambuco”
  • Welsh: “Pernambuco”
  • Western Panjabi: “پرنامبوکو”
  • Wu Chinese: “伯南布哥州”
  • Yoruba: “Pernambuco”
  • Yue Chinese: “帕南布哥州”
  • “BR-PE”
  • “ma Pelanpuko”
  • “ma Pelanpuku”
  • “ma Penanpuku”
  • “ma Penlanpuko”
  • “ma Penlanpuku”
  • “PE”
  • “Pernambuco”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Pernambuco”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.