Frae upper left: Auld centre o Recife; Recife an its bridges; Aereal View o Boa Viagem Beach; Boa Viagem Beach; The Crystal Touer; Capibaribe River; The neighborhuid o Boa Viagem; Agamenon Magalhães Avenue; Recife Sunset.
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Eik-name(s):
Veneza Brasileira (BrazilianVenice), Caipital o the Northeast an Mauricéia/Mauritsstad (efter theDutch colonization)
Motto(s):
["Ut Luceat Omnibus"]error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help) "That it mey shine on aw" (Matthew5:15)
Recife (Portuguese pronunciation:[ʁeˈsifi](listen),heh-see-fee) is the fift-lairgest[1]metropolitan aurie inBrazil wi 3,743,854 indwallers, the lairgest metropolitan aurie o the North/Northeast Regions, the 5t-lairgest metropolitan influence aurie in Brazil, an the caipital an lairgest ceety o the state oPernambuco. The population o the ceety proper wis 1,555,039 in 2012.[2]
Recife is locatit whaur theBeberibe River meets theCapibaribe River tae flaw intae the Atlantic Ocean. It is a major port on the Atlantic Ocean. Its name is an allusion tae the coralreefs that are present bi the ceety's shores. The mony rivers, smaa islands an ower 50 brigs foond in Recife ceety centre characterize its geografie an gies it the moniker o the "BrazilianVenice."
TheMetropolitan Region o Recife is the main industrial zone o theState o Pernambuco; maist relevant products are those derived fraecane (succar anethanol), electronics, fuid, an ithers; thanks tae the fiscal incentives o govrenment, mony industrial enterprises wur stairtit in the 1970s an 1980s. Recife haes a tradeetion o bein the maist importantcommercial centre o the North/Northeastern region o Brazil wi mair nor 52,500 business enterprises in Recife itself plus 32,500 in the Metro Aurie which tots mair nor 85,000.[3]
A combination o a lairge supply olabor an signeeficant private investments turned Recife intae Brazil's seicont lairgest medical centre (seicont anly taeSão Paulo);[4] modren hospitals wi state-o-the-airt equipment receive patients frae several neighborin States.[5][6] Lik aw ither ceeties in theNortheast, Recife is developin itstourist sector. The beach oPorto de Galinhas,60 kilometer (37mi) sooth o the ceety, haes been repeatitly awairdit the title o baist beach in Brazil an haes drawn mony tourists.[7] Recife's infrastructur is amang the maist developed in Brazil for travellers an business fowk, tho thare is wide room for improvement.[8]
The ceety is an aa a renowned eddicational centre, an home tae theFederal Varsity o Pernambuco, the lairgest varsity in Pernambuco. Several Brazilian historical figures, sic as the poet an abolitionistCastro Alves, moved tae Recife tae attain thair eddication.
Thegither wiNatal thir are the anly Brazilian ceeties wi direct flichts tae the islands oFernando de Noronha, Warld Heritage Steid syne 2001.[9]
Due tae the ceety's proximity tae theequator, Recife wather is generally warm. Recife haes a nummer o islands, rivers, watterwyes an brigs that crisscross the ceety.Recife is locatit amidsttropical forests which are distinguished bi heich rainfaw levels resultin in poor soil quality as the rainfall washes away the nutrients.Thare is an absence o extreme temperatures an a cuil breeze due tae the tred winds frae the Atlantic Ocean.[10]
Recife haes a tropical forest. Rainforests are characterized bi heich rainfall, wi definitions settin minimum normal annual rainfaw atween2,000 millimetre (79in) an1,700 millimetre (67in). The soil can be poor acause heich rainfall tends tae leach oot soluble nutrients. Thare are several common characteristics o tropicalrainforest trees. The ceety o Recife is fairmed bi three islands (Recife, Santo Antônio, an Boa Vista).[11] Atween the islands are the rivers Beberibe an Capibaribe.[12]
Recife haes a year-roondtropical climate, wi warm tae het temperaturs an heich relative humidity throughout the year. Houever, thir conditions are relieved bi pleasant tred winds blowin in frae the ocean.[13] Unner theKöppen climate classification, the ceety featurs atropical monsoon climate. Januar is the warmest month, wi mean temperatures rangin frae31°C (88°F) tae22°C (72°F), wi sun; Julie experiences the cuilest temperatures, wi mean temperatures rangin frae27°C (81°F) tae20°C (68°F), wi rain. Juin is the wettest month an the seicont-cloudiest, receivin an average o390mm (15.4in) o precipitation, an surpassed in cloudiness anly bi August. Indeed, August is incredibly cloudy in Recife, wi a mere daily average o 3.5 oors o sunshine throughoot the month. The driest an sunniest month is November, whan maximum temperatures hover aroond 30°C an an average o48mm (1.9in) o precipitation is recordit. November is an aa Recife's anly truedry saison month, as aw ither months in the ceety arewet saison months.[14]
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