Northeast Region, Brazil
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The Northeast Region of Brazil is one of the five official and political regions of the country according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Of Brazil's twenty-six states, it comp
View of a sugar-producing farm (engenho) in colonial Pernambuco by Dutch painter Frans Post (17th century).
The historic centre of Salvador, Bahia, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
Recife is the largest metropolitan area of the Northeast Region, and the third largest city of the region.
Coconut trees in Pernambuco
Pernambuco
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Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, on the east coast in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the seventh-most populous state of Brazi
Northeast Region, Brazil
…Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Of Brazil's twenty-six states, it comprises nine: Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia, along with the Fernando de Noronha archipelago (formerly a separate territory, now part of Pernambuco). Chiefly known as…
The Fernando de Noronha Islands, 354 km from the mainland, form a "state district" of Pernambuco.
Recife, with Antônio Vaz island at center
Catimbau Valley - the 2nd-largest Brazilian archeological site
Boa Viagem and Pina beaches