Pesqueira
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Coordinates: 8 ° 22 ′ S , 36 ° 42 ′ W Pesqueira on the map of Pernambuco
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | Pernambuco | |
| City foundation | 1762 | |
| Residents | 62,931 (IBGE / 2010) | |
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| surface | 980.875 | |
| Population density | 63.21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 654 m | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | Maria José Castro Tenório | |
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Pesqueira , officially Município de Pesqueira , is a city ( município ) in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco with an estimated 67,395 inhabitants (2019) on 980.875 km².
The history of the city goes back to the 17th century. At the end of 1659 or beginning of 1660, Father João Duarte do Sacramento established a mission station of the Congregation Oratory for the Cariri . The city was founded in 1762 under the name Cimbres . In 1918 Pesqueira became the seat of the diocese of the same name .
The Município, located in the caatinga of the northeastern Brazilian Sertão , is traversed by the Rio Ipanema and the Rio Ipojuca .
The Xucuru ethnic group is settled in 24 villages ( aldeias ) with around 9,000 people in the municipality .
Sons and daughters
- Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1850–1930), Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1878–1955), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Taubaté
- Luís Cristóvão dos Santos (1916–1997), sociologist and anthropologist
- Carlos Ruiter de Oliveira Santos (* 1943), former football player
Web links
- Side of the prefecture
- IBGE : Cidades @ Pernambuco: Pesqueira. Retrieved August 28, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
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