Location: Recife
State of Pernambuco (PE), Brazil
Country: Brazil
Region: Northeast
State: Pernambuco
Founded: March 12, 1537
Incorporated (as village): 1709
Incorporated (as city): 1823
Government• Mayor: Geraldo Júlio de Mello Filho (Geraldo Júlio) (PSB)
Area• Municipality: 218 km (84.17 sq mi)
• Metro: 2,768 km (1,068.7 sq mi)
Elevation: 10 m (33 ft)
Population (2012)• Municipality: 1,555,039 (9th)
• Density: 7,133.2/km (18,537.9/sq mi)
• Metro: 3,743,854(6th)
• Metro density: 1,352.5/km (3,527/sq mi)
Demonym(s): Recifense
Time zone: UTC-3 (UTC-3)
Postal Code: 50000-000
Area code(s): +55 81
GDP: BR$50.688 billion 2014
GDP per capita: BR$31 513.07
Website: www.recife.pe.gov.br (in Portuguese)
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Recife (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁeˈsifi] ( listen)) is the fourth-largest urban agglomeration in Brazil with 3,995,949 inhabitants, the largest urban agglomeration of the North/Northeast Regions, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco in the northeast corner of South America. The population of the city proper was 1,625,583 in 2016.
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