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Arcoverde is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of Sertão Pernambucano. Arcoverde has a total area of 344 km² and lies west of the capital Recife by 256 km. Arcoverde has boundaries with Paraíba to the north, Buíque and Pedra to the south, Pesqueira to the east, and Sertânia to the west.

Key facts

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Arcoverde
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Municipality
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Brasao de Arcoverde.svg
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Downtown Arcoverde
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Brazil Pernambuco Arcoverde location map.svg
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Location in Pernambuco state
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Brazil
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Location in Brazil
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Country
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Brazil
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Region
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Northeast
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State
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Pernambuco
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Mesoregion
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Sertão Pernambucano

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
arcoverdense
Country
Brazil
Located in
Pernambuco
Population
55776
Area
353.383
Elevation
663
Time zone
UTC−03:00
Official website
www.arcoverde.pe.gov.br
Image
Arcoverde-Pernambuco.jpg
Dialing code
87
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inception
1928-00-00
Commons category
Arcoverde
Human Development Index
0.667
electorate
47658
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Encyclopedic overview

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Arcoverde is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of Sertão Pernambucano. Arcoverde has a total area of 344 km² and lies west of the capital Recife by 256 km. Arcoverde has boundaries with Paraíba to the north, Buíque and Pedra to the south, Pesqueira to the east, and Sertânia to the west.

In the census of 2022, Arcoverde had a population of 77,742 people, making it the 22nd most populous municipality in Pernambuco and the third most populous in the Sertão Pernambucano region, trailing only Serra Talhada and Araripina.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arcoverde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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