Bezerros
Bezerros is a municipality in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, near the city of Gravatá. Its population estimate was 65.007 (2025) and its area is 497,156 km 2. Also known as Papangu city, because a festive tradition in which the people dress masks of all types during the Carnival festivities.
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Overview
Overview
During the carnival time, it is one of the most visited cities in the interior of the state. Also, it was a center of coffee production, an activity which is no longer important in the region. It is much visited during Carnival; tourists and locals love to see papangus parading in city streets.
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Bezerros appears in the authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names as a place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Bezerros as an inhabited place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Pernambuco as the administrative unit of Bezerros.
Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Bezerros • Settlement Type — Municipality • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Brazil • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Northeast • Subdivision Type2 — State • Subdivision Name2 — Pernambuco • Subdivision Type3 — Mesoregion • Subdivision Type4 — Microregion • Subdivision Type5 — Metrop. region • Leader Title — Mayor • Area Total Km2 — 491 • Population Total — 65,007 • Population As Of — 2025 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Blank Name Sec1 — HDI • Timezone1 — BRT • Utc Offset1 — −3 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Area Code Type — Area code
Geography
Geography
• State - Pernambuco • Region - Agreste of Pernambuco • Boundaries - Cumaru and Passira (N); Agrestina and São Joaquim do Monte (S); Caruaru and Riacho das Almas (W); Gravatá, Camocim de São Félix and Sairé (E) • Area - 490.8 km 2 • Elevation - 470 m • Hydrography - Capibaribe, Ipojuca and Una rivers • Climate - Hot tropical and humid • Main road - BR 232 • Distance to Recife - 100 km
Tourist attractions
Tourist attractions
• Serra Negra • Igreja de São Francisco Xavier, Serra Negra, Bezerros, Pernambuco, Brasil • Sítio Pedra Solta, camping area, planning on visiting jungle areas: here is the place, rappel • Lula Vassoureiro's Atelier • Centro de Artesanato de Pernambuco - Handicraft center • J. Borges' atelier, a great woodcut artist and one of the greatest Cordel makers of Brazil. • J. Miguel' atelier, a great woodcut artist and also a Cordel maker. • Papangu Carnival
Economy
Economy
The main activities based in Bezerros are tourism, commerce and agribusiness. Especially, plantations of tomatoes and creations of cattle'
Economic Indicators
Economic Indicators
• Population — GDP x(1000 R$). — GDP pc (R$) — PE • 58.354 — 232.859 — 4.112 — 0.38% Economy by Sector 2006 • Primary sector — Secondary sector — Service sector • 6.22% — 16.30% — 77.48%
Health Indicators
Health Indicators
• HDI (2000) — Hospitals (2007) — Hospitals beds (2007) — Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) • 0.619 — 2 — 170 — 17.9
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