Palmares

• Name — Palmares • Settlement Type — Municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil • Image Skyline — Rio Una Palmares.jpg • Image Alt — Una River in Palmares • Image Caption — Una River in Palmares • Image Flag — Bandeira do município de Palmares.png • Flag Alt — Flag of Palmares • Image Shield — Brasão de Palmares-PE.png • Image Map — Brazil Pernambuco Palmares location map.svg • Map Alt — Location of Palmares in Pernambuco • Map Caption — Location of Palmares in Pernambuco • Pushpin Map — Brazil#South America • Pushpin Relief — yes • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Brazil • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Type2 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Northeast • Subdivision Name2 — Pernambuco • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — 9 June 1879 • Leader Title1 — Mayor • Leader Name1 — José Bartolomeu de Almeida Melo Junior (PP) (2025-2028) • Leader Title2 — Vice Mayor • Leader Name2 — Francisco Vieira de Melo Neto (PSDB) (2025-2028) • Area Total Km2 — 339.388 • Elevation M — 125 • Population As Of — 2022 Census • Population Total — 54,584 • Population Density Km2 — 160.82 • Population Est — 56,475 • Pop Est As Of — 2025 • Population Demonym — Palmarense (Brazilian Portuguese) • Timezone — Brasília Time • Utc Offset — -03:00 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 55540-000, 55548-000 • Blank Name — HDI (2010) • Blank Info — 0.622 – medium • Website — palmares.pe.gov.br • Illustration — Palmares Cultural House Palmares (Central northeastern portuguese pronunciation: [pɐwˈmɐɾis]) is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the state of Pernambuco, with 63,500 inhabitants, according with IBGE 2020. Its main activity is the combined field of agriculture and livestock (agropecuária). It received its name from the Portuguese people who named it that due to the number of palm trees in the area where run-away slaves had created approximately 16 quilombos, led by Zumbi.

• State - Pernambuco • Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana • Boundaries - Bonito (N); Xexéu (S); Catende (W); Joaquim Nabuco and Água Preta (E) • Area - 386.84 km 2 • Elevation - 108 m • Hydrography - Una river • Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest • Climate - Hot tropical and humid • Annual average temperature - 22 c • Distance to Recife - 120 km

The main economic activities in Palmares are based in industry, commerce and agribusiness especially, sugarcane, bananas; and creations of cattle, horses and mules.

• Population — GDP x(1000 R$). — GDP pc (R$) — PE • 58.819 — 305.367 — 5.391 — 0.50% Economy by Sector 2006 • Primary sector — Secondary sector — Service sector • 5.88% — 9.65% — 84.47%

• HDI (2000) — Hospitals (2007) — Hospitals beds (2007) — Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) • 0.653 — 3 — 324 — 27.7