page_title: Igarassu, Pernambuco
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Igarassu, Pernambuco / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Português: Vegetação típica da mata atlântica em Camaragibe, Pernambuco. English: Typical atlantic forest vegetation in Camaragibe, Pernambuco. Dansk: Typisk atlantisk skovvevetation i Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brasilien.
context_page_description: Igarassu is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is the second oldest city of the country and is situated on the north coast of the metropolitan region of Recife, approximately 32 kilometres. It stands as one of the earliest European settlements in Brazil and is the site of the oldest church in the country, the Church of Saints Cosme and Damião, built in 1535. Igarassu is home to numerous colonial-period historic structures. The historic center of the city was designated a national monument by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 1972.
context_section_description: Boundaries – Goiana and Itaquitinga (N); Paulista and Abreu e Lima (S); Tracunhaém and Araçoiaba (W) ; Itamaraca, Itapissuma and the Atlantic ocean (E)
  Hydrography – Goiana and Igarassu Rivers
  Vegetation – Mata atlântica, Capoeirinha, coconut trees, sugarcane plantation and Mangal
  Clima – Hot tropical and humid
  Annual average temperature – 25.2 °C
  Main roads – BR-101 and PE-035
  Distance to Recife – 32.3 kilometres (20.1 mi)
caption: Atlantic Forest
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