States or Territories

Pernambuco

State

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Pernambuco." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/pernambuco.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Pernambuco. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/pernambuco

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-pernambuco,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Pernambuco},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/pernambuco},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, on the east coast in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the seventh most populous state of Brazil. Its capital is Recife, and its population was recorded at 9,539,029 as of September 2024 across an area of 98,312 square kilometers.

Facts

Capital

Recife 1

Population

9,539,029 1

September 19, 2024 estimate from Pernambuco's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2024 1

Area (sq km)

98,312 1

Latitude

8.333 degrees south 1

Longitude

37.8 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Brazil

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil.

Source Pernambuco (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Recife

Recife is the capital of Pernambuco.

Source Recife (Wikipedia)

On Continent

South America

Pernambuco's own infobox names Brazil as its country (checked live this session); Brazil is on-continent South America (its own live edge, content.EntityRelationship, checked this session), so Pernambuco is on-continent South America.

Source Pernambuco (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Pernambuco (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction

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Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, on the east coast in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the seventh-most populous state of Brazil.

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1. Pernambuco (Wikipedia)

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