Serra Talhada

Serra Talhada
Serra Talhada
	General overview
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	Coordinates: 7°59′S 38°18′W / 7.983°S 38.300°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
Sub-region	Sertão
State	Pernambuco
Area
• Total	2,980 km2 (1,150 sq mi)
Elevation	492 m (1,614 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	86,915
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Serra Talhada is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located at 07º59'31" South and 38º17'54" West, at an altitude of 429 metres. As of 2020, its estimated population by IBGE was 86,915 people. Its area is approximately 2980 km sq.^[1]

History

It used to be known as "Villa Bella" or "Beautiful Village". The name Serra Talhada means Chopped Hill; the city has a big hill that looks as if it had been chopped in half. The inhabitants of Serra Talhada have a dance called xaxado which used to be a dance performed by the Cangaceiros.

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Sertão of Pernambuco
Boundaries - Floresta (S); Calumbi, Betânia and Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde (E); Mirandiba and São José do Belmonte (W); Paraíba state(N)
Area - 2980 km²
Elevation - 429 m
Hydrography - Pajeú River ¬¬)
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
Climate - Hot semi-desertic
Annual average temperature - 25.2 c
Distance to Recife - 410.7 km

The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.^[2]

Sports

There are two main football clubs in Serra Talhada, Ferroviário Esporte Clube and Serrano Futebol Clube. These two teams are rivals, playing the Serra Talhada derby.

The city's football stadium is the Estádio Nildo Pereira de Menezes, usually known by its nickname Pereirão, and it has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people.