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Pernambuco State
The state of Pernambuco in north-eastern Brazil is bordered on the north-west by Piauí, on the north by Ceará and Paraíba, on the south-east by Alagoas, on the south, beyond the Rio São Francisco and on the south-west by Bahia. Its topography ranges from the coastal plain with its moist, hot climate by way of an upland region to the Brazilian Highlands. The economy depends mainly on arable farming (sugar-cane, fruit, grain) and cattle-rearing.
History
The first fortified Portuguese settlement in Brazil was established in what is now Pernambuco, and this was the base from which the whole of northern Brazil was colonized. From 1630 to 1654 this was the main center of the Dutch colonial empire in South America. From the mid 16th century onwards the growing and processing of sugar-cane brought considerable prosperity. An unsuccessful attempt to proclaim a Republic was made in Pernambuco in 1817.
The state of Pernambuco in north-eastern Brazil is bordered on the north-west by Piauí, on the north by Ceará and Paraíba, on the south-east by Alagoas, on the south, beyond the Rio São Francisco and on the south-west by Bahia. Its topography ranges from the coastal plain with its moist, hot climate by way of an upland region to the Brazilian Highlands. The economy depends mainly on arable farming (sugar-cane, fruit, grain) and cattle-rearing.
History
The first fortified Portuguese settlement in Brazil was established in what is now Pernambuco, and this was the base from which the whole of northern Brazil was colonized. From 1630 to 1654 this was the main center of the Dutch colonial empire in South America. From the mid 16th century onwards the growing and processing of sugar-cane brought considerable prosperity. An unsuccessful attempt to proclaim a Republic was made in Pernambuco in 1817.
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