00:00Recife is the capital of the state of Pernambuco in Brazil.
00:03Founded in 1537 by Portuguese colonizers, but at that time subordinate to the city of Olinda,
00:08It later became a very large city, the first capital of independent Brazil.
00:12Today it is the fifth largest metropolitan area in the country with 6.7 million inhabitants.
00:16the city proper has 3,843,326 inhabitants.
00:21Recife is the main economic and tourist center of the Northeast region.
