Caruaru
Sign in to saveCaruaru ( 10px [//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/CaruaruPronunce.ogg listen]) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco, located in the Northeast region of the country. It is part of the Caruaru Intermediate Geographic Region. According to the 2025 census, its population is 405,408 inhabitants, making it the second most populous municipality in the interior of Pernambuco and the fourth most populous in the Northeast countryside, surpassed only by Feira de Santana, Campina Grande, and Petrolina. The municipality is situated to the west of the state capital, Recife, app
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- Caruaru
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- City of Caruaru
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- Cidade de Caruaru
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- City
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- Brasão de Caruaru.png
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- Caruaru Flag.png
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- Foundation
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- Emancipation
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- Caruaruense
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Rodrigo Pinheiro
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- PSDB
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- Term
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- 2025–2028
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- Brazil Pernambuco Caruaru location map.svg
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- Location of Caruaru in Pernambuco
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- Brazil
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- Location of Caruaru in Brazil
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- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Ecology and environment
- Demography
- Poverty and inequality
- Religion
- Politics and subdivisions
- Sister cities
- Economy
- Primary sector
- Secondary sector
- Tertiary sector
- Infrastructure
- Healthcare
- Education
- Indicators
- Education network
- Higher education
- Public safety and crime
- Housing, services, and communications
- Transportation
- Air
- Rail and metro
- Road
- Urban
- Culture
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- Performing arts and events
- Attractions
- Museums
- Caruaru Fair
- São João
- Sports
- Holidays
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- Bibliography
- External links
Caruaru ( 10px [//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/CaruaruPronunce.ogg listen]) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco, located in the Northeast region of the country. It is part of the Caruaru Intermediate Geographic Region. According to the 2025 census, its population is 405,408 inhabitants, making it the second most populous municipality in the interior of Pernambuco and the fourth most populous in the Northeast countryside, surpassed only by Feira de Santana, Campina Grande, and Petrolina. The municipality is situated to the west of the state capital, Recife, approximately away. It covers an area of , of which is urban.
Founded on 18 May 1857, one account of its origin suggests that the municipality began to take shape in 1681 when the then-governor of the captaincy granted the Rodrigues de Sá family a sesmaria spanning thirty leagues, aimed at developing agriculture and cattle ranching in the region. However, a more widely accepted account considers a sesmaria charter granted in 1661 by Governor Fernão de Souza Coutinho to Captain Bernardo Vieira de Mello, a nobleman and knight of the Royal Household, who likely held lands that included Caruaru. A 1758 document recording an investigation into abuses committed by Bernardo’s son, Antônio Vieira de Mello, mentions "…in these my lands a site called Caruru, which my father settled eighty years ago…" (verbatim), dating the establishment of Caruru around 1678, when the area was demarcated and organized as a farm.