Pernambuco

Pernambuco is a seaport in North Brazil, consists of three portions connected by bridges: Recife, on a peninsula, the business quarter; San Antonio, the modern quarter, on an intermediate island; and Bon Vista, on the mainland. It manufactures cotton and tobacco, and has shipbuilding yards. It trades chiefly with England, the United States, and France. It is the capital of a province of the name, producing sugar and cotton.

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