Timbaúba
| Município de Timbaúba Timbaúba |
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 30 ′ S , 35 ° 19 ′ W | ||
 Location of Timbaúba in the state of Pernambuco
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| founding | April 8, 1879 | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Pernambuco | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-PE | ||
| Região intermediária | Recife (since 2017) | ||
| Região imediata | Goiana-Timbaúba (since 2017) | ||
| structure | 5 districts | ||
| climate | tropical, As | ||
| surface | 293 km² | ||
| Residents | 53,825 (2010) | ||
| density | 183.7 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 50,956 (July 1, 2018) | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | timbauba.pe.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Ulisses Felinto Filho (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PSDB | ||
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| GDP | 599,549 thousand R $ 11,190 R $ per person (2015) |
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| HDI | 0.618 (2010) | ||
Timbaúba , officially Portuguese Município de Timbaúba , is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco . It is located in the northeast of the state and 100 km from the capital Recife . As of July 1, 2018, the number of inhabitants was estimated to have declined to 50,956 people who call themselves timbaubenses (Timbaubens) and live on an area of around 293 km². As "Made in Timbaúba" the place became known for the production of hammocks and shoes .
The place was spun off from Itambé in 1879 and received self-administration rights. It is located in the biome of the northern coastal forest of the Mata Atlântica . The name is derived from the Tupí language and describes a species of tree that occurs frequently there.
sons and daughters of the town
- Mário Pedrosa (1900–1981), art critic, Trotskyist
- Luis do Amaral Mousinho (1912–1962), clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto
Web links
Commons : Timbaúba - collection of images, videos and audio files
- City Prefecture website (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IBGE : Timbaúba - Panorama . Retrieved September 8, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 ° de julho de 2018. (PDF; 2.6 MB) In: ibge.gov.br. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), 2018, accessed September 20, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Ulisses 45 (Prefeito). In: www.eleicoes2016.com.b. Eleições 2016, accessed September 8, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ a b IBGE: Timbaúba - História . Retrieved September 8, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).