Pernambuco

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state of Brazil

Pernambuco is a northeastern Brazilian state known for its historic capital Recife, rich colonial and Afro-Brazilian cultural heritage, and significant role in Brazil’s sugarcane economy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Caruaru 1
state of Pernambuco 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state of Brazil ⓘ
borderedBy Alagoas ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Bahia ⓘ
Ceará ⓘ
Paraíba ⓘ
Piauí ⓘ
capital Recife ⓘ
climate semi-arid in the interior ⓘ
tropical along the coast ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
culturalFestival Caruaru São João Festival ⓘ
Garanhuns Winter Festival ⓘ
hasAirport Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport ⓘ
hasCity Cabo de Santo Agostinho ⓘ
Pernambuco self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Caruaru

Garanhuns ⓘ
Igarassu ⓘ
Jaboatão dos Guararapes ⓘ
Olinda ⓘ
Paulista ⓘ
Petrolina ⓘ
Recife ⓘ
Vitória de Santo Antão ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Historic Centre of Olinda ⓘ
hasIsland Fernando de Noronha Archipelago ⓘ
hasPort Port of Suape ⓘ
hasRiver Beberibe River ⓘ
Capibaribe River ⓘ
historicalEvent Dutch occupation in the 17th century ⓘ
historicalRole major center of Brazil’s colonial sugar economy ⓘ
knownFor Afro-Brazilian culture ⓘ
Carnival celebrations ⓘ
colonial architecture ⓘ
frevo music and dance ⓘ
maracatu traditions ⓘ
sugarcane production ⓘ
largestCity Recife ⓘ
locatedIn Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ
officialLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
regionType Agreste ⓘ
Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ
surface form: Sertão

Zona da Mata ⓘ
coastal zone ⓘ
timeZone Brasília Time ⓘ
traditionalFood bolo de rolo ⓘ
traditionalMusic frevo ⓘ
maracatu ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ceará → borderedBy → Pernambuco ⓘ
Paraíba → borderedBy → Pernambuco ⓘ
Alagoas → borders → Pernambuco ⓘ
Recife → capitalOf → Pernambuco ⓘ
Pernambuco → hasCity → Pernambuco self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caruaru
Olinda → locatedIn → Pernambuco ⓘ
Recife → locatedIn → Pernambuco ⓘ
Mauritsstad → locatedInPresentDay → Pernambuco ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of Pernambuco
Dutch Brazil → territoryIncludes → Pernambuco ⓘ