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Cabrobó
Cabrobó is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, 536 km away from the state's capital, Recife. The city is located just to the north of a section of the São Francisco River that contains many archipelagos. History The Truká people had historically occupied the Ilha da Assunção archipelago of the São Francisco River in Cabrobó municipality. Ponti, an extinct Jê language belonging to the Jeicó group, was once spoken on an island in the São Francisco River near the city of Quebrobó (Cabrobó). Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Pernambucan San Francisco * Boundaries - Terra Nova (N); Bahia state (S); Salgueiro and Belém de São Francisco (E); Orocó (W) * Area - 1658.08 km² * Elevation - 325 m * Hydrography - Terra Nova River * Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila. * Climate - Semi arid (Sertão) hot and dry * Annual average temperature - 26.2 c * Distance to Recife - 536 km Economy The main economic activities in Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orocó
Orocó is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Its population in 2020, according with IBGE, is 15,152 and its area is 554.75 km². Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - São Francisco Pernambucano * Boundaries - Parnamirim (N); Bahia state (S); Cabrobó (E); Santa Maria da Boa Vista (W) * Area - 554.75 km² * Elevation - 349 m * Hydrography - Brigida River * Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila. * Climate - Semi arid (Sertão) hot and dry * Annual average temperature - 26.1 C * Distance to Recife - 576 km Economy The main economic activities in Orocó are based in general on commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle, donkeys and pigs; and plantations of onions, melon A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit. Botanically, a melon is a kind of berry, specifically a " pepo". Th .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belém De São Francisco
Belém de São Francisco (''Bethlehem of San Francisco'') is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 20,730 and the area is 1830.81 km². Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - São Francisco Pernambucano * Boundaries - Salgueiro (N); Bahia state (S); Itacuruba and Carnaubeira da Penha (E); Cabrobó (W) * Area - 1830.81 km² * Elevation - 305 m * Hydrography - Pajeú and Terra Nova rivers * Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila. * Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) hot and dry * Annual average temperature - 26.2 c * Distance to Recife - 456 km Economy The main economic activities in Belém de São Francisco are based in general commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle, donkeys and chickens; and plantations of mangoes, onions, and rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salgueiro
Salgueiro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of ''Sertão Pernambucano'' . Salgueiro covers an area of 1687 square kilometers and had in 2020 an estimated population of 61,249 inhabitants. It is the see city of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salgueiro, a suffragan see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Sertão Pernambucano * Boundaries - Ceará (N); Belém de São Francisco (S), Verdejante, Mirandiba and Carnaubeira da Penha (E); Cabrobó, Terra Nova, Serrita and Cedro (W) * Area - 1639.3 km2 * Elevation - 420 m * Hydrography - Terra Nova River * Vegetation - Forest Subcaducifólia. * Climate - Semi desertic, ( Sertão) - hot and dry * Main road - BR 232 * Distance to Recife - 510 km Economy The main economic activities in Salgueiro are based in general commerce and agribusiness, especially plantations of onions, cotton and tomatoes; and creations of cattle, goats, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Nova, Pernambuco
Terra Nova () is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. 578.5 km from the state's capital, Recife, it is located in the semi-arid Sertão. The estimated population in 2020, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) was 10,206 inhabitants and the total area is 318.71 km2. The municipality was created in 1958 by state law. Its current mayor () is Aline Freire of Avante, elected in 2020. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - São Francisco Pernambucano * Boundaries - Serrita (North); Cabrobó (South); Salgueiro (East); Parnamirim (West) * Area - 318.71 km2 * Elevation - 363 m * Drainage Basin - Terra Nova River *Vegetation - Caatinga (xeric shrubland) * Climate - Semi arid (Sertão) Köppen: BSh * Annual average temperature - 26.0 °C * Distance to Recife - 578.5 km Economy The main economic activities in are agribusiness, especially the raising of goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, chickens and plantations o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jê Languages
The Jê languages (also spelled Gê, Jean, Ye, Gean), or Jê–Kaingang languages, are spoken by the Jê, a group of indigenous peoples in Brazil. Genetic relations The Jê family forms the core of the Macro-Jê family. Kaufman (1990) finds the proposal convincing. Family division According to Ethnologue (which omits Jeikó), the language family is as follows: * Jeikó (†) * Northern Jê ** Apinayé (2,300 speakers) ** Mẽbengokre (Kayapó) (8,638 speakers) ** Panará (Kreen Akarore) (380 speakers) ** Suyá (350 speakers) ** Timbira (Canela-Krayô, with the Canela and Kreye dialects) (5,100 speakers) * Central Jê ** Acroá (†) ** Xavante (9,600 speakers) ** Xerente (1,810 speakers) ** Xakriabá (†) * Southern Jê ** Xokleng (760 speakers) ** Kaingáng *** Kaingáng (18,000 speakers) *** São Paulo Kaingáng (†) *** Ingain (†) *** Guayana (†) Ramirez (2015) Internal classification of the Jê languages according to Ramirez, et al. (2015): ;Jê *Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truká Language
Truká is an extinct and unattested, but presumed, language of Brazil. The ethnic population is about 1,300. It was originally spoken in the Ilha da Assunção archipelago of the São Francisco River in Cabrobó, Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ... State. Further reading *Batista, Mércia Rejane Rangel. ''De caboclos da Assunção à Ãndios Truká: estudo sobre a emergência da identidade étnica Truká''. Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ-Museu Nacional, 1992. 229 p. (M.A. thesis) *CIMI Nordeste. ''Truká: violência, impunidade e descaso''. Recife: Cimi-NE, 1992. 35 p. (Série 500 Anos de Resistência) *Gerlic, Sebastián (ed.). ''Os Ãndios na visão dos Ãndios''. ''Truká''. Salvador: Thydêwá, 2003. References * Fabre, Alain (2005)"Truká" (''Diccionario et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco River
The São Francisco River (, ) is a large river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon, the Paraná and the Madeira). It used to be known as the by the indigenous people before colonisation, and is today also known as . The São Francisco originates in the Canastra mountain range in the central-western part of the state of Minas Gerais. It runs generally north in the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, behind the coastal range, draining an area of over , before turning east to form the border between Bahia on the right bank and the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas on the left one. After that, it forms the boundary between the states of Alagoas and Sergipe and washes into the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to the five states which the São Francisco directly traverses or borders, its drainage basin also includes tributaries from the state of Goià ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19th-largest in area among federative units of the country, it is the sixth-most densely populated with around 89 people per km². Its capital and largest city, Recife, is one of the most important economic and urban hubs in the country. Based on 2019 estimates, the Recife Metropolitan Region is seventh-most populous in the country, and the second-largest in northeastern Brazil. In 2015, the state had 4.6% of the national population and produced 2.8% of the national gross domestic product (GDP). The contemporary state inherits its name from the Captaincy of Pernambuco, established in 1534. The region was originally inhabited by Tupi-Guarani-speaking peoples. European colonization began in the 16th century, under mostly Portuguese rule in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores a higher level of HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the gross national income GNI (PPP) per capita is higher. It was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and was further used to measure a country's development by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Human Development Report Office. The 2010 Human Development Report introduced an Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI). While the simple HDI remains useful, it stated that "the IHDI is the actual level of human development (accounting for inequality), while the HDI can be viewed as an index of 'potential' human development (or the maximum l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Nova River
The Terra Nova River is a river in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It drains an area in the centre of the island of Newfoundland, discharging into Bonavista Bay at Glovertown. The Terra Nova River passes through the northern end of Terra Nova National Park, which derives its name from the river. The river also has a healthy run of Atlantic Salmon. See also *List of rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador This is a list of rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, divided by watershed. Nearly all watersheds in the province ultimately drain into the Atlantic Ocean. East Coast of Labrador Watersheds between Eclipse River and Groswater Bay in L ... Rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
