Recife

Recife, the capital of , 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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  • Type: City with 1,490,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Pernambuco state, Brazil
  • Also known as: Arrecife”, “Mauricéa”, and “Pernambuco
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estádio do Arruda and Saint Isabel Theather.

Stadium
Estádio José do Rego Maciel, also known as , is a multi-purpose stadium in Recife, . It is currently used mostly for football matches.

Theater building
Santa Isabel Theater is located in the Brazilian city of Recife, capital of state. It was inaugurated on 18 May 1850, and seats 850 in the audience.

Museum
The is housed in a 19th-century mansion on the Av. Rui Barbosa in Recife, capital of state, . It was opened in 1929.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Recife Antigo.

Suburb
is the historical section of central Recife, . It is located on the Island of Recife, near the Recife harbor. This historic area has been recently recovered and now holds several clubs, bars and a high-tech center called Porto Digital.

Recife

Latitude
-8.05° or 8° 3′ south
Longitude
-34.9° or 34° 54′ west
Population
1,490,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
IATA airport code
REC
United Nations Location Code
BR REC
Open location code
6937X32X+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 655122109
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3390760
Wiki­data ID
Q48344
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Recife” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Recife
  • Afrikaans: Recife
  • Albanian: Resife
  • Arabic: ريسيفي
  • Armenian: Ռեսիֆի
  • Asturian: Recife
  • Azerbaijani: Resifi
  • Balinese: Recife
  • Basque: Recife
  • Belarusian: Рэсіфі
  • Belarusian: Рэсыфі
  • Bengali: রেসিফ
  • Bengali: রেসিফি
  • Bengali: হেসিফি
  • Bishnupriya: রেসিফে
  • Bosnian: Recife
  • Breton: Recife
  • Bulgarian: Ресифе
  • Bulgarian: Ресифи
  • Burmese: ရီစီဖီမြို့
  • Catalan: Recife
  • Cebuano: Recife
  • Chechen: Ресифи
  • Chinese: Recife
  • Chinese: 利斯菲
  • Chinese: 勒西腓
  • Chinese: 勒西菲
  • Chinese: 李斯腓
  • Chinese: 海息飞
  • Chinese: 累西腓
  • Corsican: Recife
  • Croatian: Recife
  • Czech: Recife
  • Danish: Recife
  • Dutch: Recife
  • Egyptian Arabic: ريسيفى
  • Erzya: Ресифи ош
  • Esperanto: Recife
  • Esperanto: Recifo
  • Estonian: Recife
  • Fijian: Recife
  • Finnish: Recife
  • French: Recife
  • French: Récife
  • Galician: Recife
  • Georgian: რესიფე
  • Georgian: რესიფი
  • German: Recife
  • Greek: Ρεσίφε
  • Guarani: Recife
  • Gujarati: રેસીફી
  • Gujarati: રેસીફે
  • Hausa: Recife
  • Hebrew: ריסיפי
  • Hebrew: רסיפה
  • Hebrew: רסיפי
  • Hindi: रिसीफ़ी
  • Hindi: रेसिफे
  • Hungarian: Recife
  • Icelandic: Recife
  • Ido: Recife, Pernambuco
  • Ido: Recife
  • Indonesian: Recife
  • Interlingua: Recife
  • Interlingue: Recife
  • Irish: Recife
  • Italian: Recife
  • Japanese: ヘシフェ
  • Japanese: レシーフェ
  • Japanese: レシフェ
  • Kannada: ರೆಸಿಫೀ
  • Kannada: ರೆಸಿಫೆ
  • Kara-Kalpak: Resife
  • Karachay-Balkar: Ресифи
  • Kazakh: Ресифи қаласы
  • Kazakh: Ресифи
  • Kirghiz: Ресифи
  • Korean: 레시페
  • Korean: 헤시피
  • Ladino: Rezife
  • Latin: Fernambucum
  • Latin: Pernambucum
  • Latvian: Recife
  • Latvian: Resife
  • Latvian: Resifi
  • Lithuanian: Recife
  • Lithuanian: Resifė
  • Luxembourgish: Recife
  • Macedonian: Ресифе
  • Malagasy: Recife
  • Malay: Recife
  • Malayalam: റെസിഫ്
  • Maltese: Recife
  • Marathi: रेसिफे
  • Mazanderani: ریسیف
  • Min Nan Chinese: Recife
  • Mirandese: Recife
  • Mongolian: Ресифи
  • Nauru: Recife
  • Neapolitan: Recife
  • Northern Frisian: Recife
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Recife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Recife
  • Norwegian: Recife
  • Nyanja: Recife
  • Occitan (post 1500): Recife
  • Ossetian: Ресифи
  • Persian: رسیف
  • Persian: رسیفی
  • Persian: ریسیف
  • Polish: Recife
  • Portuguese: Recife
  • Quechua: Recife
  • Romanian: Recife
  • Russian: Ресифе
  • Russian: Ресифи
  • Scots: Recife
  • Serbian: Recife
  • Serbian: Ресифе
  • Serbo-Croatian: Recife
  • Silesian: Recife
  • Sinhala: රෙසිෆි
  • Slovak: Recife
  • Slovenian: Recife
  • South Azerbaijani: ریسیف
  • Spanish: Recife
  • Swahili: Recife
  • Swedish: Recife
  • Tagalog: Lungsod ng Recife
  • Tajik: Ресифи
  • Tamil: ரிஸிஃபி
  • Tamil: ரெசிஃபி
  • Tatar: Ресифи
  • Telugu: రెసీఫీ
  • Thai: เรซิฟี
  • Thai: เรซีฟี
  • Thai: เรซีเฟ
  • Turkish: Recife
  • Turkmen: Resife
  • Twi: Recife
  • Ukrainian: Ресіфе
  • Ukrainian: Ресіфі
  • Urdu: ریسیف
  • Uzbek: Resife
  • Uzbek: Resifi
  • Veps: Resifi
  • Vietnamese: Recife
  • Volapük: Recife
  • Waray (Philippines): Recife
  • Welsh: Recife
  • Western Panjabi: ریسیف
  • Wu Chinese: 累西腓
  • Yue Chinese: 李斯腓
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