Garanhuns

Garanhuns
Municipality
Municipality of Garanhuns
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Location in Pernambuco
Coordinates: 08°53′25″S 36°29′34″W / 8.89028°S 36.49278°W / -8.89028; -36.49278
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Founded	1879
Government
• Mayor	Izaías Régis Neto (PTB)
Area
• Total	472.462 km2 (182.419 sq mi)
Elevation	896 m (2,940 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	140,577
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Demonym	garanhuense
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)	0.664 – medium[2]

Garanhuns is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Located in the Borborema Plateau, the town is known as the "Suíça Pernambucana" (Pernambucan Switzerland) due to its elevation and relatively cool climate. It is also known as "Cidade das Flores" ("City of Flowers") or "Cidade da Garoa" ("City of Drizzle").

Garanhuns is most famous for the Festival de Inverno, or The Winter Festival, which it holds every year in July. During the winter, temperatures in Garanhuns can drop to 7 °C (45 °F). This is quite cold for a city that is only a few degrees south of the equator.

Garañun (Garanhun) was an extinct, undocumented language once spoken by an indigenous tribe in the Serra dos Garanhuns.^[3]