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Bezerros
Municipality
View of Bezerros
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Location in Pernambuco state
BezerrosLocation in Brazil
Coordinates: 8°14′7″S 35°45′10″W / 8.23528°S 35.75278°W / -8.23528; -35.75278
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Area
• Total	491 km (190 sq mi)
Population
• Total	70,000
• Density	140/km (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Bezerros (Portuguese pronunciation: [biˈzeʁus]) is a municipality in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, near the city of Gravatá. Its population was 70.000 (2024) and its area is 491 km. Also known as Papangu city, because a festive tradition in which the people dress masks of all types during the Carnival festivities. During the carnival time, it is one of the most visited cities in the interior of the state. Also, it was a center of coffee production, an activity which is no longer important in the region. It is much visited during Carnival; tourists and locals love to see papangus parading in city streets.

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
• Boundaries - Cumaru and Passira (N); Agrestina and São Joaquim do Monte (S); Caruaru and Riacho das Almas (W); Gravatá, Camocim de São Félix and Sairé (E)
• Area - 490.8 km
• Elevation - 470 m
• Hydrography - Capibaribe, Ipojuca and Una rivers
• Climate - Hot tropical and humid
• Main road - BR 232
• Distance to Recife - 100 km

Tourist attractions

• Serra Negra
• Igreja de São Francisco Xavier, Serra Negra, Bezerros, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Sítio Pedra Solta, camping area, planning on visiting jungle areas: here is the place, rappel
• Lula Vassoureiro's Atelier
• Centro de Artesanato de Pernambuco - Handicraft center
• J. Borges' atelier, a great woodcut artist and one of the greatest Cordel makers of Brazil.
• J. Miguel' atelier, a great woodcut artist and also a Cordel maker.
• Papangu Carnival

Economy

The main activities based in Bezerros are tourism, commerce and agribusiness. Especially, plantations of tomatoes and creations of cattle'

Economic Indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health Indicators

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Bezerros, page 32]
3. Bezerros 2007 GDP IBGE pag 29 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
4. PE State site - City by city profile

External links

• Site Of Bezerros Brazil Travel

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