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Wikipedia: Recife is the 5th largest Metropolitan area in Brazil with 3,768,902 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 4th largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper was 1,561,659 in 2009. Recife is located where the Beberibe River meets the Capibaribe River to flow into the Atlantic Ocean.
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![Legislative Assembly. [Legislative Assembly.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Assembleia_Legislativa_de_Pernambuco_s.jpg)
![Golden chapel [Golden chapel]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CapelaDourada2_s.jpg)
![Old Recife Customs. [Old Recife Customs.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RecifePacoAlfandega_s.jpg)
![Capibaribe River. [Capibaribe River.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_and_its_bridges_s.jpg)
![Marco Zero in Old Recife. [Marco Zero in Old Recife.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_MarcoZero1_s.jpg)
![João Cabral de Melo Neto statue, an important Brazilian writer [João Cabral de Melo Neto statue, an important Brazilian writer]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/JoaoCabral_Recife_s.jpg)
![View of Old Recife. [View of Old Recife.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_Assembleia_s.jpg)
![Modern Recife. [Modern Recife.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bairro_de_Boa_Viagem_s.jpg)
![Princesa Isabel Bridge. [Princesa Isabel Bridge.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ponte_santa_isabel_s.jpg)
![Boa Viagem Beach, before the waterfront's reform. [Boa Viagem Beach, before the waterfront's reform.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_Boa_Viagem_Orla_s.jpg)
![Recife Skyline. [Recife Skyline.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boa_Viagem_Recife_Brazil_s.jpg)
![Recife on the far end. [Recife on the far end.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/View_from_Alto_da_S_C3_A9_Olinda_s.jpg)
![Station of Uchôa Bridge. [Station of Uchôa Bridge.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ponteduchoa_s.jpg)
![Air conditioned bus on Caxangá Avenue. [Air conditioned bus on Caxangá Avenue.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Avenida_Caxanga_Recife_PE_Brasil_s.jpg)
![Ricardo Brennand Institute. [Ricardo Brennand Institute.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Panorama_instituto_ricardo_brennand_s.jpg)
![Metropolitan Metro of Recife. [Metropolitan Metro of Recife.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MetroRec_Estacao_Joana_Bezerra_s.jpg)
![Marco Zero in the city. [Marco Zero in the city.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_MarcoZero_s.jpg)
![Recife Sunset. [Recife Sunset.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_Sunset_s.jpg)
![Aurora Street and the main Capibaribe River [Aurora Street and the main Capibaribe River]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RuaAuroraRecife_CCBY_s.jpg)
!["Campo das Princesas" Pernambuco Government Palace. ["Campo das Princesas" Pernambuco Government Palace.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_PalacioGoverno1_s.jpg)
![Recife in the morning. [Recife in the morning.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_CasasAntigas_s.jpg)
![Digital Port on the far end. [Digital Port on the far end.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_PonteSantaIsabel_s.jpg)
![Transport Map of Recife. [Transport Map of Recife.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MAPA_SEI_s.jpg)
![Tancredo Neves Metro Station. [Tancredo Neves Metro Station.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Estacao_tancredo_neves_s.jpg)
![Panoramic view. [Panoramic view.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Panoramica_de_Recife_2_s.jpg)
![Recife's fans. [Recife's fans.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Torcida_Jovem_do_Sport_2_s.jpg)
![Sunset in Jaqueira. [Sunset in Jaqueira.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/P_C3_B4r_do_Sol_na_Jaqueira_s.jpg)
![The city at night. [The city at night.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cais_da_Alf_C3_A2ndega_2C_Recife_PE_2C_Brasil_s.jpg)
![Memorial of Medicine. [Memorial of Medicine.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Memorial_Medicina_Pernambuco_s.jpg)
![Nassau Bridge [Nassau Bridge]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_PonteNassau_s.jpg)
![Recife is the most important educational centre of the state. [Recife is the most important educational centre of the state.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_OldCentre_s.jpg)
![Santa Isabel Theater. [Santa Isabel Theater.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/TeatroSantaIsabel_Recife_s.jpg)
![Typical Brazilian churrasco [Typical Brazilian churrasco]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Churrasco_carioca_s.jpg)
![São Pedro dos Clérigos Cathedral. [São Pedro dos Clérigos Cathedral.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/S_C3_A3o_pedro_dos_cl_C3_A9rigos1_s.jpg)
![Coral Reefs in Boa Viagem. [Coral Reefs in Boa Viagem.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boa_Viagem_Beach_2C_Recife_s.jpg)
![Itamaracá Beach RMR. [Itamaracá Beach RMR.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Estuary_Itamarac_C3_A1_s.jpg)
![Santa Isabel Theater [Santa Isabel Theater]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/L_27ensemble_Melonious_002_s.jpg)
![The city at night. [The city at night.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Madalenanoite_s.jpg)
![Boa Viagem Beach. [Boa Viagem Beach.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Praia_da_boa_viagem_Recife_pe_s.jpg)
![Nossa Senhora do Carmo Church, Patroness Saint of Recife. [Nossa Senhora do Carmo Church, Patroness Saint of Recife.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_n_s_do_carmo_s.jpg)
![Santo Antônio Church. [Santo Antônio Church.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_matriz_de_santo_ant_C3_B4nio_s.jpg)
![Footballer Juninho Pernambucano is from Recife. [Footballer Juninho Pernambucano is from Recife.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Juninho_wikipedia_s.jpg)
![View of the city. [View of the city.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PICT0012_s.jpg)
![Galo da Madrugada [Galo da Madrugada]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Galo_da_Madrugada_Recife_Brazil_s.jpg)
![Aerial view. [Aerial view.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Recife_beach_sun1_2_s.jpg)