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Olinda () is a historic city in Pernambuco, Brazil, in the Northeast Region. It is located on the country's northeastern Atlantic Ocean coast, in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, the state capital.

Besides its natural beauty, Olinda is also one of Brazil's main cultural centers: in 1982 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The city relives the magnificence of the past every year during the large Carnival, to the rhythms of frevo, maracatu and other northeast music and dances.

Geography

Olinda is located on the coast of the state of Pernambuco, six kilometers north of the center of Recife. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the municipality of Paulista to the north, and Recife to the south and west. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Recife (RMR).

The average elevation is 16 m above sea level. The landscapes is made of plains and hills, some of them steep. Olinda is mostly drained by the Paratibe River (55.13% of the territory), with the remainder drained by the Capibaribe River. The municipality is in the Atlantic Forest ecoregion.

Olinda has a tropical monsoon type climate (Köppen-Geiger: Am), typical of the eastern section of the northeastern Brazilian coast, with average monthly temperatures consistently above 18&nbsp;°C, little diurnal variation in temperature, abundant rainfall most of the year, and high relative humidity.

Economy

thumb|260px|right|Giant Dolls at the Olinda Carnival.

thumb|260px|right|Church of Our Lady of the Snows, Saint Roch Chapel and San Francisco Convent.

The main economic activities in Olinda are based in tourism, commerce, transportation industry and artcraft. The tourist sector has a boom every Carnival when thousands of people are in the old historic town center.

Economic indicators

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|-

! Population

! GDP x(1000 R$).

! GDP pc (R$)

! PE

! RMR

|-

| 397,268

| 2,179,183

| 5,567

| 3.54%

| 5.39%

|-

|}

Economy by Sector

{| class="wikitable" border="1"

|-

! Primary sector

! Secondary sector

! Service sector

|-

| 0.17%

| 18.70%

| 81.13%

|-

|}

Historic Center

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File:Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda-109015.jpg|One of the roads of the historic center

File:Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda-109016.jpg|A church in the historic center

File:Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda-109017.jpg|Distant view of historic center with sea behind

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See also

  • List of municipalities in Pernambuco
  • List of museums in Pernambuco

References

  • Official website of the prefeitura
  • Official website of the Câmara Municipal
  • Explore the Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda in the UNESCO collection on Google Arts and Culture
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20130407002251/http://olindavirtual.org/
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20060614045202/http://www.olinda.com.br/ Commercial site
  • Video Olinda, Pernambuco (PT) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2yI9Pq8YXs]
  • Video Olinda street Carnival [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogib_1KWLg4]