Pontas De Pedras Beach, Brazil.

Posted by: bizarrorecife

Dec 14, 2011

Goiana (pronounced IPA: [gojɐnɐ] listen) is a coastal municipality in the state of Pernambuco, located in the Northeast. Its population in 2009 was 74,424 inhabitants, [7] thus having the second largest population in the Forest Zone, the largest of its micro (Zona da Mata Norte) and the 19th of his state. Goiás is located in the northeastern state, with its headquarters to thirteen feet high, bordering the state of Paraiba, being 62 km from Recife (state capital), 51 km from Joao Pessoa (capital of the neighboring state) and 2,187 km from Brasilia (federal district). Its historic center was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1938. [8] For its historic buildings and architecture, the city has the nickname "Milan Brazilian". [9] In 2007 was classified by IBGE as a center zone A, for its influence on neighboring municipalities. [10] the municipality owns the easternmost continental point of his state, the tip of the funnel in the district of Ponta de Pedras. [11] The city is divided into three districts, Headquarters, stone bridges and Tejucopapo. GDP represents the fifth largest in the state, [12] estimated at 446 million reais (IBGE/2006), [6] highlighting the culture of cane sugar, the production of cardboard and cement production. It was seat of the Captaincy of Itamaracá twice, and has long been the second most important city in the state of Pernambuco.