Pernambuco
- 8.34 - 37.81Koordinaten: 8 ° 20 ' S, 37 ° 49 ' W
Pernambuco is a state in northeastern Brazil, with its capital Recife.
The territory of Pernambuco has an area of approximately 98,000 km ², which is about comparable to the size of Portugal.
Geography
Pernambuco in the Região Nordeste (north-east ) has a comparatively narrow coastal zone, a higher transition zone agreste is called, and a third zone in the interior, the so-called Sertão Pernambucano. Neighboring states are in the north Ceará and Paraíba; to the coast of Alagoas and Bahia in the south and follow Piauí in the West. The easterly located in the South Atlantic archipelago Fernando de Noronha is also part of the national territory.
History
Pernambuco was founded as a captaincy ( Captaincy, a kind of province in the Brazilian colonial empire of Portugal ). King João III. imputed it Duarte Coelho, a Portuguese nobleman, who had a lot of experience already in the colonization of India. He drove the economic development of the country with cultivation of sugar cane. Pernambuco was also one of the few prosperous captaincies.
Since 1534 the region was under Portuguese rule with a brief interlude of the Dutch from 1630 to 1654 as a Dutch Brazil. Until the beginning of the 19th century, they had a high importance as a sugar exporter. In the 19th century, Pernambuco was the site of several political revolts. Today Pernambuco is one of the economically fastest growing states in Brazil.
Economy
The service sector has 73.2 % the largest share of GDP, followed by the industrial sector at 21.6 %. The agricultural sector represents 5.2% of GDP (2006).