Araripina
Coordinates: 7 ° 35 ′ S , 40 ° 30 ′ W
Araripina , officially Município de Araripina , is a place in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco , it has 77,000 inhabitants.
geography
It is located 690 km west of the capital Recife . Access roads are the BR 316 and BR 232. The area is 1,906 km². The place lies in the headwaters of the Rio Brigida . There is a semi-arid climate with an average annual temperature of 24 ° C. The average rainfall is 700 mm annually. The land can only be used temporarily with typical caatinga vegetation.
Sons and daughters
- Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista (* 1968), Roman Catholic religious, Bishop of Cajazeiras
- Silvino João de Carvalho (* 1981), football player