Gameleira
Sign in to saveGameleira is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. The name Gameleira is derived from the large number of Gameleira trees (family Moraceae) that were growing in the region. The city is 99 km away from Recife, the capital city of Pernambuco. Gameleira has a bus terminal, a public library, two state schools and several municipal schools.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gameleira
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vista_da_cidade_de_Gameleira-PE_a_noite.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 240px
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the city at night.
- Settlement.image_flag
- File:Bandeira do Município da Gameleira-PE.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- File:Brasão Gameleira.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeast
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 31,318
- Settlement.timezone
- BRT
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- gameleirense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Pernambuco
- Population
- 19641
- Area
- 257.716
- Elevation
- 131
- Shares border with
- Tamandaré
- Official website
- www.gameleira.pe.gov.br
- Image
- Vista da cidade de Gameleira-PE a noite.jpg
- Dialing code
- 81
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- electorate
- 15123
- Commons category
- Gameleira (Pernambuco)
- Human Development Index
- 0.602
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Economy
- Economic indicators
- Health indicators
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- External links
Gameleira is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. The name Gameleira is derived from the large number of Gameleira trees (family Moraceae) that were growing in the region. The city is 99 km away from Recife, the capital city of Pernambuco. Gameleira has a bus terminal, a public library, two state schools and several municipal schools.
==History== The district of Gameleira was created by Provincial Law 763 (Lei Provincial n° 763), on July 11, 1867. It was then part of the municipality of Sirinhaém. In 1872, it became a village (Lei Provincial n° 1.057). In 1860, the established a station in Gameleira. Local sugarcane plantations used the railroad to transport sugar to the port in Recife.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gameleira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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