Bezerros
Sign in to saveBezerros () 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 km2. 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.
Key facts
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- Bezerros
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- Municipality
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- View of Bezerros
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- Location in Pernambuco state
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- Brazil
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- Location in Brazil
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- Country
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- Brazil
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- Region
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- Northeast
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- State
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- Pernambuco
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- Microregion
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- bezerrense
- Population
- 52134
- Area
- 492.556
- Elevation
- 466
- Official website
- www.bezerros.pe.gov.br
- Image
- Bezerros PE 01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 81
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- Commons category
- Bezerros (Pernambuco)
- Human Development Index
- 0.606
- electorate
- 45695
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Bezerros () 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 km2. 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 km2 Elevation - 470 m Hydrography - Capibaribe, Ipojuca and Una rivers Climate - Hot tropical and humid Main road - BR 232 Distance to Recife - 100 km
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