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)
Top Things to do in Recife
What to do and see in Recife, State of Pernambuco (PE): The Best Architectural Buildings
May 11, 2022 Veronika Gaddis
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.
Restaurants in Recife
1. Conjunto Arquitetonico Da Rua Benfica
2. Conjunto Arquitetonico da Praca da Republica
3. Seminario de Olinda
4. Patio de Sao Pedro
5. Pernambuco House of Culture
Rua Floriano Peixoto s/n Santo Antônio, Recife, State of Pernambuco 51345-660 Brazil (81) 3224-2850 http://www.cultura.pe.gov.br/pagina/espacosculturais/casa-da-cultura/
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Traditional music and dance shows are performed outside this cultural arts center, at one time a colonial prison, which now houses craft and souvenir shops and provides tourist information.
