Garanhuns | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Garanhuns | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location in Pernambuco | |
| Coordinates: 08°53′25″S 36°29′34″W / 8.89028°S 36.49278°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State |  Pernambuco |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Izaías Régis Neto (PTB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 472.462 km2 (182.419 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 896 m (2,940 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 140,577 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
| Demonym | garanhuense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.664 – medium[2] |
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Garanhuns is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Located in the Borborema Plateau, the town is known as the "Suíça Pernambucana" (Pernambucan Switzerland) due to its elevation and relatively cool climate. It is also known as "Cidade das Flores" ("City of Flowers") or "Cidade da Garoa" ("City of Drizzle").
Garanhuns is most famous for the Festival de Inverno, or The Winter Festival, which it holds every year in July. During the winter, temperatures in Garanhuns can drop to 7 °C (45 °F). This is quite cold for a city that is only a few degrees south of the equator.
Garañun (Garanhun) was an extinct, undocumented language once spoken by an indigenous tribe in the Serra dos Garanhuns.[3]
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.