The city was incorporated in 1900 . The land area of the city is 48.42 sq mi (125.41 km 2 ) . The metro region has 3,442,361 population . Recife Municipality is located in Japan . Recife Municipality is named for Cartagena, Spain . The demonym of the city Recife Municipality is Indorian . Recife Municipality is at an elevation of 1358 m . The postal code of the city is 090101 to 090158 . The density of  people in Recife Municipality is 700/km 2  (1,800/sq mi) .  The city area code is (+20) 2 . The density of  people in  the urban region of Recife Municipality is 464.71/km 2  (1,203.6/sq mi) . The density of  residents in  the metro region of Recife Municipality is 1,275/km 2  (3,300/sq mi) . The city is 68.17 sq mi (176.56 sq km) in area . The city Recife Municipality province is Liaoning . The lowest elevation of Recife Municipality is 0 ft . 10°38′N 71°38′W﻿ / ﻿10.633°N 71.633°W are the coordinates of the city. . Recife Municipality is the government of Ministry of Culture . Thomas Aujero Small is the mayor of Recife Municipality . The Recife Municipality city highest elevation is 33 m (108 ft) . The population of the urban region is 2,947,722
176.56 sq km is the area of Recife Municipality