Pernambuco
Pernambuco ( PUR-nəm-BEW-koh, -BOO-; Brazilian Portuguese: [peʁnɐ̃ˈbuku] , locally [ˌpɛɦ-]) is a state of Brazil, on the east coast in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,067.877 km2, it is the 19th-largest in area among federative units of the country.