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Pesqueira
Coordinates: 08°21′42″S 36°41′41″W / 8.36167°S 36.69472°W / -8.36167; -36.69472
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Settled	1660s
Founded	May 13th, 1836
Incorporated	April 20th, 1880
Government
• Mayor	Evandro Mauro Maciel Chacon
Area
• Total	980.876 km (378.718 sq mi)
Elevation	654.0 m (2,145.7 ft)
Population
• Total	67,735
• Density	91.96/km (238.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)	0.610

Pesqueira (formerly known as Cimbres) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. It had an estimated population in 2020 according to the IBGE, of 67,735. Its area is 980.876 km.

History

The municipality was created in 1762 under the name Cimbres. In 1836, the seat of the local authority was transferred from the town of Cimbres to that of Poço de Pesqueira. In 1880 the village was renamed with the saint's name Águeda de Pesqueira. In 1913 the whole municipality started to be called Pesqueira, instead of Cimbres. In 1918, the city was made the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira.

Marian apparition

The district of Cimbres, old seat of the municipality, was the site of the Cimbres Marian apparition, in 1936 and 1937.

Languages

The unattested indigenous languages Tchili and Walêcoxô were formerly spoken in Cimbres. The extinct Paratió language, originally spoken on the Capibaribe River, was reported by Loukotka (1968) to have been spoken by a few individuals in Cimbres. Various Xukuruan languages were also spoken in the Serra do Urubá (also known as the Serra do Arorobá or Serra do Ororubá) of Pesqueira municipality.

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Agreste Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Paraíba and Poção (N); Venturosa and Alagoinha (S); Arcoverde and Pedra (W); Belo Jardim, São Bento do Una, Capoeiras and Sanharó (E)
• Area - 1000.2 km
• Elevation - 654 m
• Hydrography - Ipanema, Ipojuca and Una rivers
• Vegetation - Caatinga Hipoxerófila.
• Climate - Semi desertic, hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 22.4 c
• Main road - BR 232
• Distance to Recife - 214 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Pesqueira are based in general commerce, services and primary sector.

Economic Indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health Indicators

Climate

See also

• List of municipalities in Pernambuco

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
3. Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.
4. Pesqueira 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
5. PE State site - City by city profile
6. "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

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Mesoregion Metropolitana de Recife	Itamaracá Araçoiaba Igarassu Ilha de Itamaracá Itapissuma Recife Abreu e Lima Camaragibe Jaboatão dos Guararapes Moreno Olinda Paulista Recife São Lourenço da Mata Porto de Suape Cabo de Santo Agostinho Ipojuca Fernando de Noronha Fernando de Noronha
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