Arcoverde
Arcoverde | |
|---|---|
Downtown Arcoverde | |
| Nickname: Portal do Sertão | |
Location in Pernambuco state | |
| Coordinates: 8°25′08″S 37°03′14″W / 8.41889°S 37.05389°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Pernambuco |
| Mesoregion | Sertão Pernambucano |
| Microregion | Sertão do Moxotó |
| Founded | September 11, 1928 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Body | Municipal Chamber of Arcoverde |
| • Mayor | Zeca Cavalcanti ( PODE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 343.923 km2 (132.789 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 663 m (2,175 ft) |
| Population (2022 ) | |
• Total | 77.742 |
| • Density | 0.23/km2 (0.59/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Arcoverdense |
| Time zone | UTC– 03:00 (BRT) |
| Area code | +55 87 |
| Website | www |
Arcoverde is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of Sertão Pernambucano. Arcoverde has a total area of 344 km² and lies west of the capital Recife by 256 km. Arcoverde has boundaries with Paraíba to the north, Buíque and Pedra to the south, Pesqueira to the east, and Sertânia to the west.
In the census of 2022, Arcoverde had a population of 77,742 people, making it the 22nd most populous municipality in Pernambuco and the third most populous in the Sertão Pernambucano region, trailing only Serra Talhada and Araripina.