Bezerros
Bezerros is a municipality in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, near the city of Gravatá. Its population was 60,386 and its area is 491 km². Also known as Papangu city, because a festive tradition in which the people dress masks of all types during the Carnival festivities. During the carnival time, it is one of the most visited cities in the interior of the state. Also, it was a center of coffee production, an activity which is no longer important in the region. It is much visited during Carnival; tourists and locals love to see papangus parading in city streets.
Geography
- State - Pernambuco
- Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
- Boundaries - Cumaru and Passira ; Agrestina and São Joaquim do Monte ; Caruaru and Riacho das Almas ; Gravatá, Camocim de São Félix and Sairé
- Area - 490.8 km2
- Elevation - 470 m
- Hydrography - Capibaribe, Ipojuca and Una rivers
- Climate - Hot tropical and humid
- Main road - BR 232
- Distance to Recife - 100 km
Tourist attractions
- Lula Vassoureiro's Atelier
- Centro de Artesanato de Pernambuco - Handicraft center
- J. Borges' atelier, a great woodcut artist and one of the greatest Cordel makers of Brazil.
- J. Miguel' atelier, a great woodcut artist and also a Cordel maker.
- Papangu Carnival
Economy
Economic Indicators
Economy by Sector2006
| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
| 6.22% | 16.30% | 77.48% |
Health Indicators
| HDI | Hospitals | Hospitals beds | Children's Mortality every 1000 |
| 0.619 | 2 | 170 | 17.9 |