Pernambuco
state in the Northeast Region of Brazil
Pernambuco is a state of Brazil. The capital city of the state is Recife. About 8 million people live in Pernambuco with 1.5 million of those living in Recife. The economy is largely based on agriculture, its main exports are sugar cane and manioc. It has a mainly tropical climate.
State of Pernambuco | |
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Coordinates: 8°20′S 37°48′W / 8.333°S 37.800°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Capital and Largest City | Recife |
Government | |
• Governor | Paulo Câmara |
• Vice Governor | Luciana Santos |
• Senators | Fernando Bezerra Coelho (MDB) Humberto Costa (PT) Jarbas Vasconcelos (MDB) |
Area | |
• Total | 98,311.616 km2 (37,958.327 sq mi) |
• Rank | 19th |
Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 8,931,028 |
• Rank | 7th |
• Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
• Rank | 6th |
Demonym | Pernambucano |
GDP | |
• Year | 2007 estimate |
• Total | R$ 32.255.687 (10th) |
• Per capita | R$ 4.337 (21st) |
HDI | |
• Year | 2005 |
• Category | 0.718 – Low (23rd) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (BRST) |
Postal Code | 50000-000 to 56990-000 |
ISO 3166 code | BR-PE |
Website | pe.gov.br |
References
States of Brazil | |
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Acre | Alagoas | Amapá | Amazonas | Bahia | Ceará | Espírito Santo | Goiás | Maranhão | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso do Sul | Minas Gerais | Pará | Paraíba | Paraná | Pernambuco | Piauí | Rio de Janeiro | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Sul | Rondônia | Roraima | Santa Catarina | São Paulo | Sergipe | Tocantins | |
Federal district: Distrito Federal |
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