Araripina | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Official Name: | The Municipality of Araripina |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Pernambuco |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Raimundo Pimentel (UNIÃO)[1] |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | Sep 11, 1928 |
Area Total Km2: | 2,037,39 |
Population As Of: | 2024 [2] |
Population Total: | 90,104 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Elevation Ft: | 2,096 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
Blank Info: | 0.602 – medium |
Website: | araripina.pe.gov.br |
Araripina is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population in 2020 of 84,864 inhabitants according with IBGE.[3] Total area of 1.847,5 km and is located in the state mesoregion of Sertão, at 622 meters above the sea level and 683 km West from the state capital, Recife.The exploration of gypsum (95% of the Brazilian reserves) and calcarium is the base of the local economy and at the homonymous microregion.
See also: Largest Cities of Northeast Region, Brazil. The main economic activities in Araripina are based in extraction of gypsum and no metallic minerals; and primary sector especially creation of goats, donkeys, pigs and farms with beans, manioc and corn. Araripina is located in the microregion with its name, which contains 95% of the Brazilian reserves of Gypsum.
The main sports in Araripina is football which is represented by Araripina Futebol Clube, currently playing the Campeonato Pernambucano. Their stadium is known as Chapadão do Araripe which has 5000 seats.
Araripina is served by Comte. Mairson C. Bezerra Airport.