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Passira is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.

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Passira
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Municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil
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Aerial view of Passira
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Aerial view of Passira
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Flag of Passira
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Coat of arms of Passira
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Named after a mountain range near the municipality whose name was derived from the Tupi language meaning "ending in an arrowhead"
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Brazil Pernambuco Passira location map.svg
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Location of Passira in Pernambuco
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Location of Passira in Pernambuco
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Brazil#South America
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yes
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State

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
passirense
Country
Brazil
Located in
Pernambuco
Population
29135
Area
329.755
Elevation
187
Shares border with
Salgadinho
Official website
www.passira.pe.gov.br
Image
Fotoaereapassira.jpg
Dialing code
81
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Commons category
Passira
Human Development Index
0.592
electorate
25088
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Encyclopedic overview

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Passira is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.

==Geography== Region - Agreste Pernambucano Boundaries - Limoeiro and Salgadinho (N); Gravatá, Bezerros and Pombos (S); Cumaru (W); Feira Nova and Glória do Goitá (E) Area - 329.75 km2 Elevation - 176 m Hydrography - Capibaribe river Vegetation - Caatinga hipoxerófila Climate - semi arid hot Average annual temperature - 24.1 °C Distance to Recife - 115 km Population - 28,894 (2020)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Passira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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