Garanhuns

Garanhuns
Municipality
Município de Garanhuns Municipality of Garanhuns
Top left: Heliopolis area Top right: Gonçalves Maia Street Middle left: Floral Clock (Relógio das Flores) Middle right: Dom Moura Square Bottom left: Mãe Rainha Sanctuary Bottom right: Saint Joseph Seminary (Seminário São José)
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Nicknames:  "Suíça pernambucana" ("Switzerland in Pernambuco"), "Cidade das flores" ("City of Flowers")
Garanhuns Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 08°53′25″S 36°29′34″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Founded	1879
Government
• Mayor	Izaías Régis Neto {PTB}
Area
• Total	472.462 km2 (182.419 sq mi)
Elevation	896 m (2,940 ft)
Population  (2020 )
• Total	140,577
• Density	275.8/km2 (714/sq mi)
Demonym	garanhuense
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−2 (BRST)

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Location of Garanhuns

Garanhuns is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Located in the Borborema Plateau, the town is known as the "Suíça Pernambucana" (Pernambucan Switzerland) due to its elevation and relatively cool climate. It is also known as "Cidade das Flores" ("City of Flowers") or "Cidade da Garoa" ("City of Drizzle").

Garanhuns is most famous for the Festival de Inverno, or The Winter Festival, which it holds every year in July. During the winter, temperatures in Garanhuns can drop to 7 degrees Celsius (45 degrees Fahrenheit). This is quite cold for a city that is only a few degrees south of the equator.

Garañun (Garanhun) was an extinct, undocumented language once spoken by an indigenous tribe in the Serra dos Garanhuns.

Geography

• Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
• Boundaries - Capoeiras and Jucati (N); Lagoa do Ouro and Correntes (S); São João and Palmeirina (E); Caetés, Saloa, Paranatama, Brejão and Terezinha (W)
• Area - 472.5 km²
• Elevation - 842 m
• Hydrography - Mundaú River
• Vegetation - Evergreen forest
• Climate - Mesothermal
• Annual average temperature - 20.4 °C
• Main road - BR 101, PE 126 and PE 177
• Distance to Recife - 223 km

Garanhuns
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     46     27 17     58     27 17     99     27 18     114     24 16     104     24 17     122     23 17     132     21 16     74     23 16     48     23 15     33     27 17     18     29 17     23     28 17 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: The Weather Channel (in Portuguese)
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     1.8     81 63     2.3     81 63     3.9     81 64     4.5     75 61     4.1     75 63     4.8     73 63     5.2     70 61     2.9     73 61     1.9     73 59     1.3     81 63     0.7     84 63     0.9     82 63 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Tourism

It's the weather, cold for the locals and mild for foreigners, and the mountains which attract many tourists to the region during Summer and Winter. Garanhuns, Gravatá and Triunfo are the most visited mountainous (cold) cities of the state. The city is served by Garanhuns Airport.

Tourist attractions

Floral clock

• Winter musical festival (July)
• Flowers clock Relógio das flores
• Celso Galvao Palace
• Park Euclides Dourado and Park Ruben Van Der Linden
• João Capão Castle
• São Bento Monastery
• Ipiranga Monument
• The seven Hills.

Economy

Celso Gavao Palace - City Hall

See also: Largest Cities of Northeast Region, Brazil

The main economic activities in Garanhuns are based in mountain tourism (winter tourism), general commerce and primary sector especially flowers, tomatoes, manioc, cows, chickens and milk.

Economic indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).	GDP pc (R$)	PE
131.313	742.593	5.941	1.20%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
3.75%	21.50%	74.75%

Health indicators

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospital beds (2007)	Children's Mortality per 1000 (2005)
0.693	5	488	23.1

Notable residents

Garanhuns is notable for being the hometown of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, born in Caetés, which was a district of Garanhuns until 1963. The film Lula, o filho do Brasil, about his life, was shot at the town.

The composer and musician Dominguinhos was also born in the city, as well as the actress Lívia Falcão, well known for her work in both TV and stage.

See also

• Garanhuns Winter Festival video
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Further information: Pernambuco museums