Carpina is a city in

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 ...

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. Its economy is based on

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and

footwear Footwear refers to garments worn on the feet, which typically serves the purpose of protection against adversities of the environment such as wear from ground textures and temperature. Footwear in the manner of shoes therefore primarily serves th ...

industry. Its current mayor is Manoel Botafogo.

Geography

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* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries -

Tracunhaém Tracunhaém is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 63 km from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 13,813 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zo ...

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and

Nazaré da Mata Nazaré da Mata is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 62 km from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. It has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 32,573 people, and it is well known as the town of '' Marac ...

(N);

Lagoa do Itaenga Lagoa do Itaenga (also written Lagoa de Itaenga) is a municipality located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located 78 km from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. As of 2020, it has an estimated population of 21,460 ( IBGE 2020). Ge ...

and

Lagoa do Carro Lagoa do Carro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in Zona da mata Pernambucana region at 60 km of the state capital Recife. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries - Carpina (N and E); ...

(S);

Limoeiro Limoeiro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Agreste Pernambucano * Boundaries - Vicência (N); Passira and Feira Nova (S); Carpina, Lagoa do Carro and Buenos Aires (E); Bom Jardim, Salgadinho ...

(W);

Paudalho Paudalho is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. Geography * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries - Tracunhaém (N), São Lourenço da Mata, Chã de Alegria, Camaragibe and Glória do Goitá (S), Carpina and ...

(E) * Area - 146.1 km² * Elevation - 184 m * Hydrography - Capibaribe and

Goiana Goiana is a city in Brazil in the northeast of the state of Pernambuco, roughly 65 km north of the city of Recife, 51 km from the capital of Paraíba and 2,187 km from Brasília. Its historic center was declared a National Histor ...

rivers * Vegetation - Subcaducifólia forest * Climate - Hot tropical and humid * Annual average temperature - 23.3 c * Distance to

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- 50 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Carpina are based in the

industry, commerce and agriculture especially

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

Economic indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health indicators

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Notable people

Jaílson França Braz Jaílson França Braz or simply Bia (born June 15, 1981) is a Brazilian footballer who plys as a defensive midfielder. Honours * Campeonato Pernambucano in 2006, 2007 and 2008 with Sport Club do Recife * Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil ...

, footballer *

Aguinaldo Silva Aguinaldo Silva ( Carpina, 7 June 1943) is a Brazilian Emmy-winning telenovela writer born in Carpina, Brazil. Filmography Television References External links * * at the Memória Globo 1943 births Living people Authors ...

, writer and director

References

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