Pesqueira, Pernambuco

{{for|the ancient Germanic tribe that fought against the Roman Republic|Cimbri}}  {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Pesqueira | other_name = Cimbres | settlement_type = Municipality | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = File:Pesqueira PE.jpg | imagesize = 240px | image_caption = Pesqueira Overview | image_flag = File:Bandeira-pesqueira-pernambuco.jpg | image_shield = File:Brasao-pesqueira-pernambuco.jpg | image_map = File:Mapa de Pesqueira (2).png | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Brazil | pushpin_map = Brazil | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}} | subdivision_name1 = Northeast | subdivision_name2 = Pernambuco | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Evandro Mauro Maciel Chacon | established_title = Settled | established_date = 1660s | established_title2 = Founded | established_date2 = May 13th, 1836 | established_title3 = Incorporated | established_date3 = April 20th, 1880 | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 980.876 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2022 Census | population_note = | population_footnotes = <ref name="IBGE">{{cite web |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pe/pesqueira/panorama |title=IBGE 2025 |author=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)}}</ref> | population_total = 62,722 | population_metro = | pop_est_as_of = 2025 | pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="IBGE"/> | population_urban = | population_density_km2 = 91.96 | population_density_sq_mi = | population_est = 65,481 | timezone = BRT | utc_offset = −3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|08|21|42|S|36|41|41|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 654.0 | elevation_ft = | blank_name = '''HDI''' (2000) | blank_info = 0.610 | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Pesqueira''' (formerly known as '''Cimbres''') is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. It had an estimated population in 2020 according to the IBGE, of 67,735. Its area is 980.876 km<sup>2</sup>.

==History== The municipality was created in 1762 under the name Cimbres. In 1836, the seat of the local authority was transferred from the town of Cimbres to that of ''Poço de Pesqueira''. In 1880 the village was renamed with the saint's name ''Águeda de Pesqueira''. In 1913 the whole municipality started to be called Pesqueira, instead of Cimbres. In 1918, the city was made the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira.

=== Marian apparition === The district of Cimbres, old seat of the municipality, was the site of the Cimbres Marian apparition, in 1936 and 1937.

==Languages== The Xukuruan languages were spoken in the Serra do Urubá (also known as the Serra do Arorobá or Serra do Ororubá) of Pesqueira municipality.<ref name="Pompeu">Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. ''Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos''. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19.</ref> The extinct Paratió language, related to Xukuru, originally spoken on the Capibaribe River, was reported by Loukotka (1968) to have been spoken by a few individuals in Cimbres.<ref name="Loukotka">{{cite book |last=Loukotka |first=Čestmír |author-link=Čestmír Loukotka |title=Classification of South American Indian languages |url=https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk |url-access=registration |publisher=UCLA Latin American Center |year=1968 |location=Los Angeles}}</ref>

==Geography== thumb|right|300px|Location of Pesqueira within Pernambuco. * State - Pernambuco * Region - Agreste Pernambucano * Boundaries - Paraíba and Poção ('''N'''); Venturosa and Alagoinha ('''S'''); Arcoverde and Pedra ('''W'''); Belo Jardim, São Bento do Una, Capoeiras and Sanharó ('''E''') * Area - 1000.2 km<sup>2</sup> * Elevation - 654 m * Hydrography - Ipanema, Ipojuca and Una rivers * Vegetation - Caatinga Hipoxerófila. * Climate - Semi desertic, hot and dry * Annual average temperature - 22.4 c * Main road - BR 232 * Distance to Recife - 214 km

==Economy==

{{Further|Largest cities of northeastern Brazil}} The main economic activities in '''Pesqueira''' are based in general commerce, services and primary sector.

===Economic Indicators=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Population ! GDP x(1000 R$).<ref>[http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf Pesqueira 2007 GDP IBGE page 31] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001818/http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> ! GDP pc (R$) ! PE |- | 64.454 | 236.259 | 3.852 | 0.39% |- |} '''Economy by Sector''' 2006 {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Primary sector ! Secondary sector ! Service sector |- | 12.06% | 10.99% | 76.95% |- |}

===Health Indicators=== <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.condepefidem.pe.gov.br/web/condepefidem |title=PE State site - City by city profile |access-date=2009-07-22 |archive-date=2009-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804002205/http://www2.condepefidem.pe.gov.br/web/condepefidem |url-status=dead }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! HDI (2000) ! Hospitals (2007) ! Hospitals beds (2007) ! Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |- | 0.636 | 2 | 179 | 17.4 |- |}

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Pesqueira, Pernambuco (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 31.4 |Feb high C = 31.0 |Mar high C = 30.9 |Apr high C = 29.5 |May high C = 28.2 |Jun high C = 26.5 |Jul high C = 25.8 |Aug high C = 26.7 |Sep high C = 28.5 |Oct high C = 30.4 |Nov high C = 31.2 |Dec high C = 31.4 | year high C = 29.3 |Jan mean C = 24.1 |Feb mean C = 24.2 |Mar mean C = 24.1 |Apr mean C = 23.5 |May mean C = 22.6 |Jun mean C = 21.2 |Jul mean C = 20.6 |Aug mean C = 20.8 |Sep mean C = 21.8 |Oct mean C = 23.2 |Nov mean C = 23.8 |Dec mean C = 24.1 | year mean C = 22.8 |Jan low C = 19.8 |Feb low C = 19.8 |Mar low C = 19.9 |Apr low C = 19.8 |May low C = 18.9 |Jun low C = 17.9 |Jul low C = 17.2 |Aug low C = 16.9 |Sep low C = 17.6 |Oct low C = 18.4 |Nov low C = 19.2 |Dec low C = 19.5 | year low C = 18.7 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 21.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 75.8 |Mar precipitation mm = 98.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 100.2 |May precipitation mm = 83.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 59.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 53.8 |Aug precipitation mm = 27.3 |Sep precipitation mm = 10.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 14.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 19.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 26.2 |year precipitation mm = 591.0 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 2 | Feb precipitation days = 5 | Mar precipitation days = 7 | Apr precipitation days = 8 | May precipitation days = 8 | Jun precipitation days = 9 | Jul precipitation days = 9 | Aug precipitation days = 6 | Sep precipitation days = 2 | Oct precipitation days = 2 | Nov precipitation days = 2 | Dec precipitation days = 2 | year precipitation days = | Jan humidity = 70.6 | Feb humidity = 71.8 | Mar humidity = 73.2 | Apr humidity = 77.9 | May humidity = 80.2 | Jun humidity = 81.6 | Jul humidity = 81.6 | Aug humidity = 77.2 | Sep humidity = 74.0 | Oct humidity = 70.4 | Nov humidity = 69.3 | Dec humidity = 69.8 | year humidity = 74.8 |Jan sun = 221.6 |Feb sun = 169.1 |Mar sun = 218.5 |Apr sun = 195.3 |May sun = 169.6 |Jun sun = 131.3 |Jul sun = 149.8 |Aug sun = 174.1 |Sep sun = 224.1 |Oct sun = 258.0 |Nov sun = 232.1 |Dec sun = 233.2 |year sun = 2376.7 |source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia<ref name=INMET>{{cite web | url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas | title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010 | publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia | language = Portuguese | accessdate = 21 May 2024 | archive-date = 22 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190922133747/http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima%2Fnormaisclimatologicas | url-status = dead }}</ref> }}

== See also == * List of municipalities in Pernambuco

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Municipalities in Pernambuco

Pesqueira, Pernambuco

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