Recife
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The Municipality o Recife
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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 Magalhaes Avenue; Recife Sunset.
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Eik-name(s):
Veneza Brasileira (Brazilian
Venice
), Caipital o the Northeast an Mauriceia/Mauritsstad (efter the
Dutch
colonization)
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Motto(s):
["Ut Luceat Omnibus
"
]
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"That it mey shine on aw" (
Matthew
5:15
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Coordinates:
8°3′S
34°54′W
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8.050°S 34.900°W
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-8.050; -34.900
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Kintra
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Brazil
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Region
| Northeast
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State
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Pernambuco
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Foondit
| Mairch 12, 1537
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Incorporatit
(as veelage)
| 1709
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Incorporatit (as ceety)
| 1823
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Govrenment
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Mayor
| Geraldo Julio de Mello Filho (
Geraldo Julio
) (
PSB
)
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Area
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Municipality
| 218 km
2
(84.17 sq mi)
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? Metro
| 2,768 km
2
(1,068.7 sq mi)
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Elevation
| 10 m (33 ft)
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Population
(2012)
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Municipality
| 1,555,039 (
9t
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? Density
| 7133.2/km
2
(18537.9/sq mi)
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Metro
| 3,743,854(
6t
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? Metro density
| 1,352.5/km
2
(3,527/sq mi)
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Time zone
| UTC-3
(
UTC-3
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Postal Code
| 50000-000
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Area code(s)
| +55 81
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Website
| Recife, Pernambuco
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Recife
(
Portuguese pronunciation:
[?e?sifi]
(
listen
)
,
heh-see-fee
) is the fift-lairgest
[1]
metropolitan aurie
in
Brazil
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 o
Pernambuco
. The population o the ceety proper wis 1,555,039 in 2012.
[2]
Recife is locatit whaur the
Beberibe River
meets the
Capibaribe River
tae flaw intae the Atlantic Ocean. It is a major port on the Atlantic Ocean. Its name is an allusion tae the coral
reefs
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 "Brazilian
Venice
."
The
Metropolitan Region o Recife
is the main industrial zone o the
State o Pernambuco
; maist relevant products are those derived frae
cane
(succar an
ethanol
), 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 important
commercial 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 o
labor
an signeeficant private investments turned Recife intae Brazil's seicont lairgest medical centre (seicont anly tae
Sao Paulo
);
[4]
modren hospitals wi state-o-the-airt equipment receive patients frae several neighborin States.
[5]
[6]
Lik aw ither ceeties in the
Northeast
, Recife is developin its
tourist sector
. The beach o
Porto de Galinhas
, 60 kilometer (37 mi) 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 the
Federal Varsity o Pernambuco
, the lairgest varsity in Pernambuco. Several Brazilian historical figures, sic as the poet an abolitionist
Castro Alves
, moved tae Recife tae attain thair eddication.
Thegither wi
Natal
thir are the anly Brazilian ceeties wi direct flichts tae the islands o
Fernando de Noronha
, Warld Heritage Steid syne 2001.
[9]
Due tae the ceety's proximity tae the
equator
, Recife wather is generally warm. Recife haes a nummer o islands, rivers, watterwyes an brigs that crisscross the ceety.
Recife is locatit amidst
tropical 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 atween 2,000 millimetre (79 in) an 1,700 millimetre (67 in). The soil can be poor acause heich rainfall tends tae leach oot soluble nutrients. Thare are several common characteristics o tropical
rainforest
trees. The ceety o Recife is fairmed bi three islands (Recife, Santo Antonio, an Boa Vista).
[11]
Atween the islands are the rivers Beberibe an Capibaribe.
[12]
Rivers
Beaches
Lochs
Lairge watter supplier (
Dams
)
- Prata do Meio an Apipucos
Recife haes a year-roond
tropical 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 the
Koppen climate classification
, the ceety featurs a
tropical monsoon climate
. Januar is the warmest month, wi mean temperatures rangin frae 31 °C (88 °F) tae 22 °C (72 °F), wi sun; Julie experiences the cuilest temperatures, wi mean temperatures rangin frae 27 °C (81 °F) tae 20 °C (68 °F), wi rain. Juin is the wettest month an the seicont-cloudiest, receivin an average o 390 mm (15.4 in) 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 o 48 mm (1.9 in) o precipitation is recordit. November is an aa Recife's anly true
dry saison
month, as aw ither months in the ceety are
wet saison
months.
[14]
Climate data for Recife, Brazil
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Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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Record heich °C (°F)
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37
(99)
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38
(100)
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37
(99)
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35
(95)
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37
(99)
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37
(99)
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32
(90)
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33
(91)
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37
(99)
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37
(99)
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38
(100)
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38
(100)
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38
(100)
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Average heich °C (°F)
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30.2
(86.4)
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30.2
(86.4)
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30.0
(86.0)
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29.7
(85.5)
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28.9
(84.0)
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28.8
(83.8)
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27.3
(81.1)
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27.5
(81.5)
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28.1
(82.6)
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29.0
(84.2)
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30.1
(86.2)
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30.2
(86.4)
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29.2
(84.5)
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Daily mean °C (°F)
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26.6
(79.9)
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26.6
(79.9)
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26.5
(79.7)
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25.9
(78.6)
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25.2
(77.4)
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24.5
(76.1)
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24.0
(75.2)
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23.9
(75.0)
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24.6
(76.3)
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25.5
(77.9)
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25.9
(78.6)
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26.3
(79.3)
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25.5
(77.8)
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Average law °C (°F)
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22.4
(72.3)
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22.6
(72.7)
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22.7
(72.9)
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22.6
(72.7)
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21.9
(71.4)
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21.6
(70.9)
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21.1
(70.0)
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20.6
(69.1)
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20.7
(69.3)
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21.4
(70.5)
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21.9
(71.4)
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22.2
(72.0)
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21.8
(71.3)
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Record law °C (°F)
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20
(68)
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20
(68)
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21
(70)
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20
(68)
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21
(70)
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15
(59)
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18
(64)
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17
(63)
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18
(64)
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17
(63)
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17
(63)
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19
(66)
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15
(59)
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Average
precipitation
mm (inches)
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103.4
(4.07)
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144.2
(5.68)
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264.9
(10.43)
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326.4
(12.85)
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328.9
(12.95)
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389.6
(15.34)
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385.6
(15.18)
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213.5
(8.41)
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122.5
(4.82)
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66.1
(2.60)
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47.8
(1.88)
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65.0
(2.56)
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2,457.9
(96.77)
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Average precipitation days
(≥ 0.1 mm)
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14
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16
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19
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21
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23
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25
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25
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23
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18
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15
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12
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13
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224
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Average
relative humidity
(%)
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73
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77
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80
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84
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85
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85
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85
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85
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78
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76
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74
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75
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80
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Mean monthly
sunshine oors
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244.9
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211.9
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204.6
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186.0
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186.0
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168.0
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170.5
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108.5
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216.0
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248.0
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267.0
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254.2
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2,465.6
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Source #1: Warld Meteorological Organization.,
[15]
Hong Kong Observatory (sun only 1961-1990)
[16]
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Source #2: Weatherbase (record highs, lows and humidity)
[17]
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- Junior Assuncao
, mixed martial airtist.
- Jaqueline Carvalho
, Professional Volleybaw Player.
- Manuel Bandeira
, poet an writer.
- Guilherme Berenguer
, actor.
- Francisco Brennand
, sculptor, painter an ceramist.
- Romero Britto
, Sculptor an painter.
- Josue de Castro
, humanist an writer.
- Nelson Ferreira
, componer an muisicker.
- Paulo Freire
, eddicator, poet an writer.
- Gilberto Freyre
, sociologist, poet an writer.
- Bruno Garcia
, actor.
- Lenine
, componer.
- Jose Leite Lopes
, pheesicist.
- Antonio Maria
, componer.
- Joaquim Nabuco
, writer, jurnalist an diplomat.
- Marco Nanini
, actor.
- Joao Cabral de Melo Neto
, poet an writer.
- Otto
, composer.
- Juninho Pernambucano
, fitbawer.
- Fred Zero Quatro
, componer.
- Robyn Regehr
, ice hockey player.
- Rivaldo
, fitbawer.
- Nelson Rodrigues
, poet an writer.
- Mario Schenberg
, electrical engineer, pheesicist, airt critic an writer.
- Chico Science
, componer.
- Bezerra da Silva
, componer.
- Alceu Valenca
, componer.
- Nana Vasconcelos
, componer.
- Vava
, fitbawer.
- Walter Wanderley
, organist an pianist.
Recife's
sister ceeties
are:
[18]
Offeecial
Tourism