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{{Short description|Municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil}}

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Bezerros
| native_name        = 
| settlement_type    = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]]
| image_shield       = Brasão de Bezerros.svg
| image_flag         = Bandeira de Bezerros.svg
| image_skyline      = Bezerros_PE_01.jpg
| image_caption      = View of Bezerros
| image_map          = Mapa de Bezerros (2).png
| map_caption        = Location in Pernambuco  state
| pushpin_map        = Brazil
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil
| coordinates        = {{coord|8|14|7|s|35|45|10|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = Brazil
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Pernambuco]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Mesoregions of Brazil|Mesoregion]]
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| subdivision_type5  = [[Metropolitan area#Brazil|Metrop. region]]
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| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
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| area_total_km2     = 491
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| population_total   = 70,000
| population_as_of   = 2024<ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pe/bezerros/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref>
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'''Bezerros''' ({{IPA|pt|biˈzeʁus}}) is a [[municipality]] in northeastern [[Brazil]], in the State of [[Pernambuco]], near the city of [[Gravatá]]. Its population was 70.000 (2024) and its area is 491 km<sup>2</sup>. Also known as '''Papangu city''', because a festive tradition in which the people dress masks of all types during the [[Carnival]] festivities. During the carnival time, it is one of the most visited cities in the interior of the [[Pernambuco|state]]. Also, it was a center of [[coffee]] production, an activity which is no longer important in the region. It is much visited during Carnival; tourists and locals love to see papangus parading in city streets.

==Geography==

* State - [[Pernambuco]]
* Region - [[Agreste]] of Pernambuco
* Boundaries - [[Cumaru]] and [[Passira]]  ('''N'''); [[Agrestina]] and [[São Joaquim do Monte]]  ('''S'''); [[Caruaru]] and [[Riacho das Almas]] ('''W'''); [[Gravatá]], [[Camocim de São Félix]]  and [[Sairé]] ('''E''')
* Area - 490.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
* Elevation - 470 m
* Hydrography - [[Capibaribe River|Capibaribe]], [[Ipojuca River|Ipojuca]] and Una rivers
* Climate -  Hot tropical and humid
* Main road -  BR 232
* Distance to [[Recife]] - 100&nbsp;km

==Tourist attractions==
* Serra Negra
* Igreja de São Francisco Xavier, Serra Negra, Bezerros, Pernambuco, Brasil
* Sítio Pedra Solta, camping area, planning on visiting jungle areas: here is the place, rappel
* Lula Vassoureiro's Atelier
* Centro de Artesanato de Pernambuco - Handicraft center
* J. Borges' atelier, a great woodcut artist and one of the greatest [[Cordel literature|Cordel]] makers of Brazil.
* J. Miguel' atelier, a great woodcut artist and also a [[Cordel literature|Cordel]] maker.
* '''Papangu''' [[Carnival]]

==Economy==

The main activities based in ''Bezerros'' are tourism, commerce and [[agribusiness]]. Especially, plantations of [[tomato]]es and creations of [[cattle]]'

===Economic Indicators===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Population<ref>http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]] Population 2009 Bezerros, page 32]</ref>
! [[GDP]] x(1000 R$).<ref>[http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf Bezerros 2007 GDP IBGE pag 29] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001818/http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>
! [[GDP per capita|GDP pc]] (R$)
! [[Pernambuco|PE]]
|-
| 58.354
| 232.859
| 4.112
| 0.38%
|-
|}
'''Economy by Sector'''
2006
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! [[Primary sector]] 
! [[Secondary sector]]
! [[Service sector]] 
|-
| 6.22%
| 16.30%
| 77.48%
|-
|}

===Health Indicators===
<ref>[http://www2.condepefidem.pe.gov.br/web/condepefidem PE State site - City by city profile]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2000)
! Hospitals (2007)
! Hospitals beds (2007)
! Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
|-
| 0.619
| 2
| 170
| 17.9
|-
|}

==Sister city==
Bezerros has one sister city:{{fact|date=February 2025}}
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Kópavogur]], Iceland

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Bezerros (Pernambuco)}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170914055513/http://bezerros.net/ Site Of Bezerros Brazil Travel]

{{Municipalities of Pernambuco}}

[[Category:Municipalities in Pernambuco]]

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