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About Recife

Recife is the fourth-largest urban area in Brazil with 4,054,866 inhabitants, the largest urban area of the North/Northeast Regions, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco in the northeast corner of South America. The population of the city proper was 1,653,461 in 2020. Recife was founded in 1537, during the early Portuguese colonization of Brazil, as the main harbor of the Captaincy of Pernambuco, known for its large scale production of sugar cane. It was the former capital Mauritsstad of the 17th century colony of New Holland of Dutch Brazil, established by the Dutch West India Company. The city is located at the confluence of the Beberibe and Capibaribe rivers before they flow into the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a major port on the Atlantic. Its name is an allusion to the stone reefs that are present by the city's shores. The many rivers, small islands and over 50 bridges found in Recife city centre characterise its geography and led to the city being called the "Brazilian Venice"., it is the capital city with the highest HDI in Northeast Brazil and second highest HDI in the entire North and Northeast Brazil (second only to Palmas).

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Manaus to Recife Caruaru to Recife Belo Horizonte to Recife Petrolina to Recife Salvador Airport SSA to Recife Cabo de Santo Agostinho to Recife Rio De Janeiro Galeao Airport GIG to Recife Cabedelo to Recife Baixada Santista to Recife Fernando de Noronha Distrito Estadual to Recife Praia to Recife Santarém Portugal to Recife Canary Islands to Recife Sydney to Recife Maringá to Recife Vitória da Conquista to Recife Dallas to Recife Brussels to Recife São Luís to Recife São José da Coroa Grande to Recife Pucón to Recife Itamaracá to Recife Porto Alegre to Recife London to Recife Thessaloníki to Recife Pensacola to Recife Kuala Lumpur to Recife Vitória to Recife Manaus Airport MAO to Recife Cajueiro Seco Station to Recife Ilhéus to Recife Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Recife London Heathrow Airport LHR to Recife Cabo Polonio to Recife Perpignan to Recife São Miguel dos Milagres to Recife Guinea Bissau to Recife Los Angeles to Recife Oslo to Recife Frankfurt am Main to Recife Florida to Recife Rotterdam to Recife Mannheim to Recife Barreiros Pernambuco Brazil to Recife Santiago Airport SCL to Recife Arapiraca to Recife Málaga to Recife Arcoverde to Recife San José Costa Rica to Recife Venezuela to Recife

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Recife to Salvador Recife to Rio de Janeiro Recife to Maracaipe Recife to São Luís Recife to João Pessoa Recife to Barreirinhas Recife to Itacaré Recife to Jalapão State Park Recife to Suape Port Recife to Tamandaré Recife to Jijoca de Jericoacoara Recife to Armação dos Búzios Recife to Santarém Recife to Venezuela Recife to Amazone River Recife to Cuba Recife to Dublin Recife to Vila dos Remédios Recife to Johannesburg Recife to New Delhi Recife to Salta Recife to Afogados da Ingazeira Recife to Petrópolis Recife to Cagliari Recife to Bristol Recife to Gravatá Recife to Guinea Recife to Córdoba Argentina Recife to Porto de Galinhas Station Recife to São José Do Rio Preto Recife to Cuzco Airport CUZ Recife to Ererê Recife to Santa Luzia do Norte Recife to Xingó Dam Recife to Canary Islands Recife to Nazareth Recife to Palmas Recife to Le Mont Saint Michel Recife to Joaquim Nabuco Recife to Lavras Recife to Lake Louise Recife to Trinidad and Tobago Recife to Puerto Plata Recife to Itapissuma Recife to Ao Nang Recife to Guanambi Recife to Africa Recife to Canaã dos Carajás Recife to Barreiras Recife to Cacoal