Buíque

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Buíque

| settlement_type = Municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil

| image_skyline = Vale do Catimbau - Vista da Pedra do Cachorro.jpg

| image_alt = Catimbau Valley in Buíque

| image_caption = Catimbau Valley in Buíque

| image_flag = Bandeira buique.jpg

| flag_alt = Flag of Buíque

| etymology = Means "place of snakes" in the Tupi language

| image_map = Brazil Pernambuco Buíque location map.svg

| map_alt = Location of Buíque in Pernambuco

| map_caption = Location of Buíque in Pernambuco

| pushpin_map = Brazil#South America

| pushpin_relief = yes

| coordinates = {{coord|8|37|24|S|37|9|23|W|display=title,inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Northeast

| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Pernambuco}}

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 26 May 1904{{cite web |title=História & Fotos |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pe/buique/historico |website=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |access-date=24 January 2025 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}

| leader_title1 = Mayor

| leader_name1 = Túlio Henrique Araújo Cavalcanti (MDB) (2025-2028){{cite web |title=Eleições 2024: Túlio Monteiro (MDB) | Candidato(a) a prefeito(a) de Buíque-PE |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/candidatos/2024/pe/prefeito/tulio-monteiro-170002058900.shtml |website=Folha de S.Paulo |publisher=Folha de S.Paulo |access-date=24 January 2025 |language=Brazilian Portuguese |date=30 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=Prefeito de Buíque (PE) toma posse nesta quarta (1º); veja lista de vereadores eleitos |url=https://g1.globo.com/pe/caruaru-regiao/eleicoes/2024/noticia/2024/12/31/prefeito-de-buique-pe-toma-posse-nesta-quarta-1o-veja-lista-de-vereadores-eleitos.ghtml |website=G1 |publisher=Globo |access-date=24 January 2025 |language=Brazilian Portuguese |date=31 December 2024}}

| leader_title2 = Vice Mayor

| leader_name2 = Miriam Briano Alves (PSDB) (2025-2028)

| area_total_km2 = 1336.544

| elevation_m = 814

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_total = 52097{{cite web |title=Buíque |url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/cidades-e-estados/pe/buique.html |website=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |access-date=24 January 2025 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}

| population_density_km2 = 38.98

| population_demonym = Buiquense (Brazilian Portuguese)

| timezone = Brasília Time

| utc_offset = -03:00

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 56520-000, 56533-000, 56535-000, 56537-000{{cite web |title=CEP Buíque/PE - Brasil |url=https://codigo-postal.org/pt-br/brasil/pe/buique/ |website=codigo-postal.org |publisher=codigo-postal.org |access-date=24 January 2025 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}

| blank_name = HDI (2010)

| blank_info = 0.527 – low

| website = [https://buique.pe.gov.br/ buique.pe.gov.br]

}}

Buíque ({{IPA|pt|buˈiki|lang}}) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco, mesoregion of Agreste. It has an estimated population of 58,919 in a total area of 1345,1 km².[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pe/buique/panorama IBGE 2020] The Kapinawá Indigenous Reserve is located in the municipality of Buíque.

File:Vale do Catimbau.jpg, Brazil's second largest archeological site]]

History

The municipality of Buíque was settled in 1752, and was originally known as Campos de Buíque. The name "Buíque" comes from Tupi and means "Place of Snakes". Buíque became a village in 1854 and a city in 1874.

The writer Graciliano Ramos grew up in Buíque. At age 18, Graciliano wrote to this mother: "This is as the devil likes it: one wakes up at five in the morning and spends the day reading, smoking, eating and praying; one sleeps at nine in the evening. The life of an angel."{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

Geography

It is located at latitude 08º37'23" south and longitude 37º09'21" west, 798 meters above sea level, and 278 km from Pernambuco's state capital, Recife.

The Catimbau Valley or Vale do Catimbau in Portuguese, Brazil's second largest archeological site, is located in Buíque. Among its attractions are beautiful canyons, over 2,000 caves, and 28 registered areas with prehistoric cave paintings. The Brazilian federal government has listed the valley as a Unit of Integral Conservation and Preservation.

State – Pernambuco
Region – Agreste of Pernambuco
Boundaries – Arcoverde and Sertânia (N); Águas Belas (S); Pedra (E); Tupanatinga and Itaíba (W)
Area – 1345.1 km²
Elevation – 798 m
Hydrography – Ipanema and Moxotó rivers
Vegetation – Subcaducifólia forest
Clima – semi-arid – hot and dry
Annual average temperature – 21.5 c
Distance to Recife – 278 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Buique are based in general commerce, some eco-tourism and agribusiness, especially plantations of cashew nuts, manioc, and beans, and the farming of cattle, sheep and goats.

=Economic indicators=

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Population{{cite web \|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf \|title=Population 2009 Buique \|publisher=IBGE \|page=32 \|language=pt \|access-date=13 October 2012}} ! GDP x(1000 R$).{{cite web\|url=http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf \|title=Buique 2007 GDP \|publisher=IBGE \|page=29 \|language=pt \|access-date=13 October 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001818/http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf \|archive-date=4 March 2016 }} ! GDP pc (R$) ! PE
53.272 \| 172.447 \| 3.453 \| 0.29%

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Population{{cite web |url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf |title=Population 2009 Buique |publisher=IBGE |page=32 |language=pt |access-date=13 October 2012}}

! GDP x(1000 R$).{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf |title=Buique 2007 GDP |publisher=IBGE |page=29 |language=pt |access-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001818/http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}

! GDP pc (R$)

! PE

53.272

| 172.447

| 3.453

| 0.29%

Economy by sector

2006