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Bezerros (Portuguese pronunciation: [biˈzeʁus]) is a municipality in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, near the city of Gravatá. Its population was 70.000 (2024) and its area is 491 km2. Also known as Papangu city, because a festive tradition in which the people dress masks of all types during the Carnival festivities. During the carnival time, it is one of the most visited cities in the interior of the state. Also, it was a center of coffee production, an activity which is no longer important in the region. It is much visited during Carnival; tourists and locals love to see papangus parading in city streets.
Geography
State - Pernambuco
Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
Boundaries - Cumaru and Passira (N); Agrestina and São Joaquim do Monte (S); Caruaru and Riacho das Almas (W); Gravatá, Camocim de São Félix and Sairé (E)
Area - 490.8 km2
Elevation - 470 m
Hydrography - Capibaribe, Ipojuca and Una rivers
Climate - Hot tropical and humid
Main road - BR 232
Distance to Recife - 100 km
Tourist attractions
Serra Negra
Igreja de São Francisco Xavier, Serra Negra, Bezerros, Pernambuco, Brasil
Sítio Pedra Solta, camping area, planning on visiting jungle areas: here is the place, rappel
Lula Vassoureiro's Atelier
Centro de Artesanato de Pernambuco - Handicraft center
J. Borges' atelier, a great woodcut artist and one of the greatest Cordel makers of Brazil.
J. Miguel' atelier, a great woodcut artist and also a Cordel maker.
Papangu Carnival
Economy
The main activities based in Bezerros are tourism, commerce and agribusiness. Especially, plantations of tomatoes and creations of cattle'
= Economic Indicators
=Economy by Sector
2006
= Health Indicators
=References
External links
Site Of Bezerros Brazil Travel
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar kota praja di Pernambuco
- Pernambuco
- Bezerros
- Café Filho
- Caruaru
- José Francisco Borges
- Bezerra
- List of quilombola communities in Brazil
- Ibex
- Recife
- Olinda
- Camaragibe
