Pesqueira (other)
Pesqueira may refer to: *Pesqueira, Pernambuco, a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazilian * Pesqueira, Sonora, a town in San Miguel de Horcasitas Municipality, Sonora, Mexico *Villa Pesqueira, a municipality in Sonora, Mexico *São João da Pesqueira, a municipality in Viseu district, Portugal See also * Pesquera (other) * Pesquería Pesquería Municipality is a municipality of the state of Nuevo León in Mexico. It is located at 25º47´N 100º3´W and above sea level. It is part of the suburban area of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. Its distance to the Monterrey city ...

Pesqueira, Pernambuco
Pesqueira (formerly known as Cimbres) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. It had an estimated population in 2020 according to the IBGE, of 67,735. Its area is 980.876 km². History The municipality was created in 1762 under the name Cimbres. In 1836, the seat of the local authority was transferred from the town of Cimbres to that of ''Poço de Pesqueira''. In 1880 the village was renamed with the saint's name ''Águeda de Pesqueira''. In 1913 the whole municipality started to be called Pesqueira, instead of Cimbres. In 1918, the city was made the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira. Marian apparition The district of Cimbres, old seat of the municipality, was the site of the Cimbres Marian apparition, in 1936 and 1937. Languages The unattested indigenous languages ''Tchili'' and ''Walêcoxô'' were formerly spoken in Cimbres. The extinct Paratió language, originally spoken on the Capibaribe River, was reported by Loukotka (1968) to have ...
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Pesqueira, Sonora
Pesqueira is a town in the San Miguel de Horcasitas Municipality, located in the center of the Mexican state of Sonora. The town is the most populated locality of the municipality, even more than the municipal head, the town of San Miguel de Horcasitas. According to data from the Population and Housing Census conducted in 2010 by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Stat ... (INEGI), Pesqueira has a total of 5,699 inhabitants. References {{coord, 29, 22, 32, N, 110, 54, 07, W, display=title, region:MX_type:city Populated places in Sonora ...
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Villa Pesqueira
Villa Pesqueira Municipality is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the central region of the Mexican state of Sonora. Municipal seat It was founded in 1629 by the missionary Martín de Azpilcueta as (San José de) Mátapa. The State Congress ordered the change to its current name, at the inhabitants' request, on 11 February 1867. Creation The municipality was created on 11 December 1930, with the division of its territory from the adjacent municipality of Ures Municipality Ures is a small city and a Municipalities of Mexico, municipality in the Mexico, Mexican state of Sonora. Area It has an area of 2,618.56 square kilometers. This is 1.41% of the total area of the state, and 0.13 percent of the national area of Me .... Area The municipal area is 1,834.13 km2. Population The population was 1,590, of whom 96% lived in the urban area. Economy The main economic activities are cattle raising (18,000 head in 2005), subsistence farming, and mining. ...
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São João Da Pesqueira
São João da Pesqueira () is a municipality and municipal seat in the Portuguese district of Viseu. The population of the municipality in 2011 was approximately 7,874 inhabitants, in an area that extends . The present mayor is Manuel Cordeiro, elected by a citizens' movement. The municipal holiday is June 24. History São João da Pesqueira is the oldest recognized municipality in the country, created in 1055, thus taking precedence over such major cities as Coimbra, Guimarães or Lamego. Geography The municipality is situated at above sea level and is bordered on the north by the River Douro and the municipality of Alijó, on the northeast by Carrazeda de Ansiães, on the east by Vila Nova de Foz Côa (district of Guarda), on the south-east by Penedono, on the south by Sernancelhe, on the west by Tabuaço and on the north-west by Sabrosa. The municipality includes an attractive countryside with viewpoints over the Douro valley and the Valeira dam from the chapel of São Salvado ...
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Pesquera (other)
Pesquera can refer to __NOTOC__ Places * Pesquera, Cantabria, Spain *La Pesquera, Cuenca, Spain *Pesquera de Duero in the province of Valladolid, Spain *Villa Pesquera, Puerto Rico People Surnname * Carlos Pesquera (born 1956), Puerto Rican civil engineer *Diego de Pesquera, 16th-century Spanish sculptor * José Lorenzo Pesquera (1882–1950), Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico * Héctor Pesquera, Secretary of Public Safety of Puerto Rico *Hernan Gregorio Pesquera (1924–1982), Puerto Rican judge See also *Pesqueira (other) *Pesquería Pesquería Municipality is a municipality of the state of Nuevo León in Mexico. It is located at 25º47´N 100º3´W and above sea level. It is part of the suburban area of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. Its distance to the Monterrey city ...