Greater Recife
Recife Metropolitan Area | |
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Metro Area | |
Nickname: RMR | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Northeast |
State | Pernambuco |
Founded as Metro | June 8, 1973 |
Recife as Capital | 1537 |
Area | |
• Metro | 2,768.9 km2 (1,069.5 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Metro | 3 898 470 |
Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
HDI (2000) | 0.78 – low |
Recife Metropolitan Area is the largest urban metropolitan area of the Northeast/North regions and the fifth in Brazil with 3,768,902 inhabitants[1] in 2008.Is among with another large cities the first nine established metropolitan regions in Brazil (created by federal supplementary law 14/73 of 8 June 1973). It has one important international airport, two important internationals ports (Suape and Recife), one integrated metro-bus service, many Universities, Hospitals, Museums, Theatres, Historic Monuments, Shopping centers, international Hotels and a large industrial Cluster. Its now passing through a time of economic euphoria in the early construction in the Suape port of a Petrobras refinery, a petrochemical pole and the largest ship builder in South America. Its area of influence (4th largest in Brazil)[2] covers the entire states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, Alagoas in addition to the interior of the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Ceará and Bahia. Its main city is Recife with 1.56 millions inhabitants, capital of Pernambuco.
Cities
According to IBGE the metropolitan area is formed by 17 municipalities: [citation needed]
City | Joint in | Area (km²) [3] |
Population (2009)[4] |
HDI (2000)[5] |
GDP (R$ x1000 - 2007).[6] | GDP per capita (R$ - 2007) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abreu e Lima | LCE 10/94 | 125.991 | 94,428 | 0.730 | 747,228 | 7,913.20 |
Araçoiaba | Instalação do mun. | 96.381 | 18,144 | 0.637 | 54,776 | 3,018.95 |
Goiana | Instalação do mun. | 501.170 | 75,987 | 0.692 | 634,200 | 8,521.44 |
Sirinhaém | Instalação do mun. | 378.790 | 40,852 | 0.633 | 183,646 | 4,817.34 |
Escada | Instalação do mun. | 347.197 | 63,991 | 0.645 | 327,138 | 5,225.51 |
Cabo de Santo Agostinho | LCF 14/73 | 447.875 | 185,123 | 0.707 | 3,826,487 | 20,699.97 |
Camaragibe | LCE 10/94 | 55.083 | 144,506 | 0.747 | 618,538 | 4,280.36 |
Igarassu | LCF 14/73 | 305.565 | 101,987 | 0.719 | 1,057,750 | 10,371.42 |
Ilha de Itamaracá | LCF 14/73 | 65.411 | 22,449 | 0.743 | 94,137 | 4,193.37 |
Ipojuca | LCE 10/94 | 527.317 | 80,542 | 0.658 | 7,082,703 | 87,938.01 |
Itapissuma | LCE 10/94 | 74.249 | 23,723 | 0.695 | 558,915 | 23,560.05 |
Jaboatão dos Guararapes | LCF 14/73 | 256.073 | 644,699 | 0.777 | 7,068,777 | 10,964.46 |
Moreno | LCF 14/73 | 195.603 | 56,767 | 0.693 | 257,636 | 4,538.48 |
Olinda | LCF 14/73 | 43.548 | 377,779 | 0.792 | 2,601,108 | 6,925.96 |
Paulista | LCF 14/73 | 93.518 | 300,466 | 0.799 | 1,839,666 | 6,119.75 |
Recife | LCF 14/73 | 217.494 | 1,537,704 | 0.797 | 2,483,534 | 16,058.89 |
São Lourenço da Mata | LCF 14/73 | 264.346 | 102,956 | 0.707 | 430,601 | 4,182.38 |
Total | 3,147.745 | 3,809,754 | 0.780 | 224,519,764 | 10,845 | |
Pernambuco | 98,938 | 8,810,256 | 0.705 | 62,255,687 | 7,337 |
Transport
Airport
Guararapes International Airport, also known as Gilberto Freyre International Airport, is the airport serving Recife. [citation needed]
Ports
The region is served by Suape and Recife ports. [citation needed]
Metro
Since 1998, an extension to the Recife Metro is being built. When ready, it will become the second largest in Brazil, after São Paulo.[8]
This system also integrates with several bus lines connected to the bus/metro[9] integration terminals, such as Barro and Joana Bezerra stations. It is possible to ride the metro and the connected bus line by purchasing one ticket only. Since March 2009, Recife Metro has finished one more phase of expansion. The system counts now has 28 stations (11 integrated with buses) and is 39.5 kilometers long. [citation needed]
Bus
Buses transport almost two million passengers daily.[10][11]
Highways
Recife metropolitan area is crisscrossed by 3 main Federal[12] highways:
- BR-101 North - Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte
- BR-101 South - Alagoas, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul
- BR-232 West - Gravatá, Caruaru, Belo Jardim, Arcoverde, Salgueiro and Parnamirim
Tourism
During the whole year, Recife is home of many celebrations and events, most of them, religious holidays. The carnival of Recife and Olinda (which has its historic town center considered one of the Brazilian world heritage site by UNESCO in 1982)[13] begins many weeks ahead in December with innumerable balls and processions, as locals begin preparing for the official Carnival, which starts in February.
Recife has a number of hotels.[14]
References
- ^ IBGE Population 2009
- ^ Cities Influence Areas
- ^ IBGE, Área Territorial Oficial, Resolução nº 5 de 10 de outubro de 2002. Acessado em 20 de janeiro de 2008. [dead link]
- ^ Brazil population City by city 2009
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil". Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
- ^ PIB City by City 2006 IBGE pages 29,30,31
- ^ Qual é o maior metrô do Brasil? Template:Pt icon
- ^ Recife Metro (in Portuguese). Recife, Brazil: Diário de Pernambuco. 2006. ISBN 85-240-3919-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- ^ Recife Metro (in Portuguese). Recife, Brazil: CBTU. 2006. ISBN 85-240-3919-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- ^ http://blogs.diariodepernambuco.com.br/tecnologia/?p=2229
- ^ http://jc.uol.com.br/2008/06/27/not_172583.php
- ^ http://www.aondefica.com/p_atlasflash_pe.as [dead link]p
- ^ Olinda - Unesco
- ^ Miolo_1.pdf Fifa 2014 - Recife