Pesqueira (formerly known as Cimbres) is a Brazilian

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

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Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...

. It had an estimated population in 2020 according to the

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, 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 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira ( la, Dioecesis Pesqueirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Pesqueira in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil. History * December 5, 1910: Established as Diocese of Floresta f ...

Marian apparition

The district of Cimbres, old seat of the municipality, was the site of the

Cimbres Marian apparition Cimbres Marian apparition is a series of visions of the Virgin Mary that occurred in 1936 and 1937 in Northeastern Brazil, in the Pernambuco state municipality of Pesqueira, district of Cimbres. Context According to what is believed, the Virg ...

, 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 The Capibaribe River () is a river located in Pernambuco state, Brazil, with a length of 240 kilometers. The Capibaribe originates in the Serra do Jacarará, in the municipality of Poção, and flows to the Atlantic Ocean at Recife. Etymology ...

, was reported by Loukotka (1968) to have been spoken by a few individuals in Cimbres. Various

Xukuruan languages The Xukuruan languages are a language family proposed by Loukotka (1968) that links two extinct and poorly attested languages of eastern Brazil. The languages are: * Xukuru * Paratió Loutkotka (1968) also lists the unattested Garañun (Garanhu ...

were also spoken in the Serra do Urubá (also known as the Serra do Arorobá or

Serra do Ororubá The Serra do Ororubá, also known as the Serra do Urubá or Serra do Arorobá, is a mountain range in Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil.Da Silva, Paulo Roberto. 2017Serra De Ararobá, Berço Da Indústria Pernambucana Revista Eletrônica Nova Roma. Re ...

) of Pesqueira municipality.Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. ''Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos''. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.

Geography

* State -

* Region - Agreste Pernambucano * Boundaries - Paraiba and Poção (N); Venturosa and Alagoinha (S); Arcoverde and Pedra (W); Belo Jardim,

São Bento do Una São Bento do Una is a city from the Northeastern Region of Brazil at the Pernambuco state. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE, it has an estimated population of 60,042 inhabitants (2020). It is located at latitu ...

Capoeiras Capoeiras (''Scrubs'') is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 252.7 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 20,048 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pe ...

and Sanharó (E) * Area - 1000.2 km² * Elevation - 654 m * Hydrography - Ipanema, Ipojuca and Una rivers * Vegetation -

Caatinga Caatinga (, ) is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation" (''caa'' = forest, v ...

Hipoxerófila. * Climate - Semi desertic, hot and dry * Annual average temperature - 22.4 c * Main road - BR 232 * Distance to

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- 214 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Pesqueira are based in general

commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...

, services and primary sector.

Economic Indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health Indicators

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References

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