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Pesqueira, Pernambuco

Municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil

Field	Value
official_name	Pesqueira
other_name	Cimbres
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	File:Pesqueira PE.jpg
imagesize	240px
image_caption	Pesqueira Overview
image_flag	File:Bandeira-pesqueira-pernambuco.jpg
image_seal	File:Brasao-pesqueira-pernambuco.jpg
image_map	File:Mapa de Pesqueira (2).png
map_caption	Location in Brazil
pushpin_map	Brazil
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_name1	Northeast
subdivision_name2	Pernambuco
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Evandro Mauro Maciel Chacon
established_title	Settled
established_date	1660s
established_title2	Founded
established_date2	May 13th, 1836
established_title3	Incorporated
established_date3	April 20th, 1880
area_total_km2	980.876
population_as_of	2020
population_total	67,735
population_density_km2	91.96
timezone	BRT
utc_offset	−3
coordinates
elevation_m	654.0
blank_name	HDI (2000)
blank_info	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 km2.

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, related to Xukuru, originally spoken on the Capibaribe River, was reported by Loukotka (1968) to have been spoken by a few individuals in Cimbres. Various other 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

Location of Pesqueira within Pernambuco.

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 km2
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

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).	GDP pc (R$)	PE
64.454	236.259	3.852	0.39%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
12.06%	10.99%	76.95%

Health Indicators

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.636	2	179	17.4

Climate

| archive-date = 22 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190922133747/http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima%2Fnormaisclimatologicas | url-status = dead

References

[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pe/pesqueira/panorama IBGE 2020]
Loukotka, Čestmír. (1968). "Classification of South American Indian languages". UCLA Latin American Center.
Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. ''Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos''. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.
[http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf Pesqueira 2007 GDP IBGE page 31] {{webarchive. link. (2016-03-04)
"PE State site - City by city profile".

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