Name | Olinda |
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Settlement type | Municipality |
Official name | The Municipality of Olinda |
Map caption | Location in the State of Pernambuco |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision type1 | Region |
Subdivision type2 | State |
Subdivision name | |
Subdivision name1 | Northeast |
Subdivision name2 | Pernambuco |
Leader title | Mayor |
Leader name | Renildo V. Calheiros |
Established title | Founded |
Established date | 1535 |
Established title2 | Incorporated (as village) |
Established date2 | 1537 |
Established title3 | Incorporated (as city) |
Established date3 | 1676 |
Area magnitude | 1 E8 |
Area total km2 | 43.55 |
Area total sq mi | 27.1 |
Area metro km2 | 2768 |
Area metro sq mi | 1068.7 |
Population as of | 2009 |
Population total | 397.268 |
Population density km2 | 9.122 |
Population density sq mi | 14.659 |
Population metro | 3768902 |
Timezone | UTC-3 |
Utc offset | -3 |
Elevation m | 16 |
Blank name | HDI (2000) |
Blank info | 0.792 – medium |
Website | Pernambuco">Olinda, Pernambuco |
Olinda () is a historic city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, located on the country's northeastern Atlantic Ocean coast, just north of Recife and south of Paulista. It has a population of 397.268 people and is one of the best-preserved colonial cities in Brazil.
Olinda features a number of major touristic attractions, such as a historic downtown area (World Heritage Site), churches, and the Carnival of Olinda, a popular street party, very similar to traditional Portuguese carnivals, with the addition of African influenced dances. Unlike in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, in Olinda, admission to Carnival is free. All the festivities are celebrated on the streets, and there are no bleachers or roping. There are hundreds of small musical groups (sometimes featuring a single performer) in many genres.
Whs | Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda |
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State party | |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | ii, iv |
Id | 189 |
Region | Latin America and the Caribbean |
Year | 1982 |
Session | 6th |
Link | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/189 |
Olinda was the capital of the hereditary captaincy of Pernambuco, but was burned by Dutch invaders. The Portuguese built their town on the hill, for practical purposes (sewers) and to make it easier to defend. In the 17th century the Kingdom of Portugal was united with Spain (the 1580-1640 Iberian Union period). Taking advantage of this period of Portuguese weakness, the area around Olinda and Recife was occupied by the Dutch who gained access to the Portuguese sugarcane plantations. John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen was appointed as the governor of the Dutch possessions in Brazil in 1637 by the Dutch West India Company on recommendation of Frederick Henry. He landed at Recife, the port of Pernambuco and the chief stronghold of the Dutch, in January 1637. By a series of successful expeditions, he gradually extended the Dutch possessions from Sergipe on the south to São Luís de Maranhão in the north. He likewise conquered the Portuguese possessions of Saint George del Mina, Saint Thomas, and Luanda, Angola, on the west coast of Africa. After the dissolution of the Iberian Union in 1640, Portugal would reestablish its authority over the lost territories of the Portuguese Empire.
Besides its natural beauty, Olinda is also one of the most important of Brazil's cultural centers. Declared in 1982 a Historical and Cultural Patrimony of Humanity by the UNESCO, Olinda relives the magnificence of the past every year during the Carnival, in the rhythm of frevo, maracatu and others rhythms.
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.
! Population | ! GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP per capita>GDP pc (R$) | Pernambuco>PE | Recife metropolitan area>RMR |
397.268 | 2.179.183 | 5.567 | 3.54 % | 5.39 % |
! Primary sector | ! Secondary sector | ! Service sector |
0.17 % | 18.70 % | 81.13 % |
Human Development Index>HDI (2000) | ! Hospitals (2007) | ! Hospitals beds (2007) | ! Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
0.792 | 3 | 358 | 18.9 |
Category:Populated places established in 1535 Category:World Heritage Sites in Brazil Category:Historic centres Category:Populated coastal places in Pernambuco Category:Populated places in Pernambuco Category:Dutch Brazil
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