Recife

Meaning "reef" in Portuguese; Recife, population 1.3 million, 3.5 million in the metropolitan area, is the second largest city in the Northeastern Region of Brazil and the largest metropolitan area. It is the 5th largest metropolitan area in Brazil. It is the capital of the Pernambuco state and the city where the Beberibe River meets Capibaribe River to flow into the Atlantic Ocean. It is a major port on the Atlantic Ocean.

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It is situated at . Surrounded by rivers and crossed by bridges, Recife is full of islands and mangroves that magnify its geography. It is known as the American Venice, thanks to its fluvial similarity with the european city, and is considered one of Brazil's cultural capitals.

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Recife is the birthplace of poets and writers Manoel Bandeira, Carlos Pena Filho, Sebasti?o Uchoa Leite, Nelson Rodrigues, Gilberto Freyre, Paulo Freire and Jo?o Cabral de Melo Neto; and of several composers as Lenine, Fred Zero Quatro, Otto, Pochyua Andrade, Don Tronxo, Valen?a Brothers, Ant?nio N?brega, Nan? Vasconcelos, Jorge du Peixe, Paulo Diniz, Fernando Lobo, Ant?nio Maria and Chico Science. Canadian ice hockey player Robyn Regehr was also born in Recife.

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Brazil: The Federative Republic of Brazil (Rep?blica Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in Latin America, and the fifth largest in the world. Spanning a vast area between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean, it borders Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia,...

Beberibe River: Beberibe River, its a river located in Pernambuco, Brazil. The river rises in the city of Camaragibe from the confluence of the rivers Araçá and Pacas, and is 23.7 km long. Its drainage basin measures 81 square kilometers and includes the following cities: Recife ( 65% ), Olinda ( 21% ) and Camaragi...

Capibaribe River: The Capibaribe River is a river located in Pernambuco state, Brazil, with a length of 240 kilometers. The Capibaribe originates in the Serra do Jacarará, in the municipality of Poção, and flows to the Atlantic Ocean....