Editing Recife (section)

==Economy==
{{see also|Economy of Brazil}}
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According to 2013 IBGE statistics, the GDP was at R$46,445,339,000. And the [[GDP per capita]] was at R$29,037.<ref>[http://www.cidades.ibge.gov.br/xtras/temas.php?lang=&codmun=261160&idtema=152&search=pernambuco Recife – produto interno bruto dos municípios – 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184438/http://www.cidades.ibge.gov.br/xtras/temas.php?lang=&codmun=261160&idtema=152&search=pernambuco |date=March 3, 2016 }} {{in lang|pt}}</ref>

===Information technology industry===
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Recife has an area dedicated to information technology called "[[Porto Digital]]" (Digital Port) with more than 90 companies and 3,000 high tech Jobs. It was founded in July 2000 and has since attracted major investments. Generating some R$10&nbsp;billion (Brazilian Reais) a year,<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.portodigital.org |title=Digital Port of Recife |publisher=Porto Digital |location=Recife, Brazil |isbn=85-240-3919-1 |access-date=2007-07-18 |year=2006 |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427022053/http://www.portodigital.org/ |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> it produces technology that is exported to the United States, India, Japan, and China, among other countries. Software manufacturing is the main activity in the Porto Digital.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.recife.com/v/economy/ |title=Recife Economy – Information on Business and Investment in Recife<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=December 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021083119/http://www.recife.com/v/economy/ |archive-date=October 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Porto Digital cluster comprises small and medium companies, but multinationals from across the world, like [[Accenture]], [[Motorola]], [[Samsung]], [[Dell]] and [[Sun Microsystems]] also have operations there. [[IBM]] and [[Microsoft]] transferred their regional headquarters to Recife.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/xml/0/43290/Chapter_V._Foreign_direct_investment_in_the_software_industry_in_Latin_America.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029072809/http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/xml/0/43290/Chapter_V._Foreign_direct_investment_in_the_software_industry_in_Latin_America.pdf |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Porto Digital's startups can count on a ready pool of talent, courtesy of the [[Federal University of Pernambuco]] (UFPE), which boasts one of the best computer-science departments in all of [[Latin America]].<ref name="businessweek.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_30/b3944085_mz058.htm |title=Brazil: A Hot Incubator For Tech Startups<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=July 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725182541/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_30/b3944085_mz058.htm |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The university began teaching programmers to use Sun Microsystems Inc.'s (SUNW) Java language in 1996, the year it was introduced. Professors at the school also teamed up to launch the Centro de Estudos e Sistemas Avançados do Recife (C.E.S.A.R), a business incubator that has played a vital role in the birth of some 30 [[company|companies]].<ref name="businessweek.com"/>

===Logistics hub===
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Due to its ports, airport, and geographic location in the northeastern region of Brazil, Recife is considered one of the biggest logistics hubs in Brazil. The Logistics and Communications sector employs 4%<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portais.pe.gov.br/c/portal/layout?p_%7C_id=pub.1557.57 |title=Government State Site |access-date=October 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706155900/http://www.portais.pe.gov.br/c/portal/layout?p_%7C_id=pub.1557.57 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> of the people in Recife, 12.3% in [[Jaboatão dos Guararapes]] and over 9% in the [[Recife metropolitan area|Metropolitan Area]]. These numbers were due to increase with the conclusion of the Transnordestina (the main NE Trainline) with a 1,800/1,118&nbsp;km/mi extension, which will cross 3 and connect 7 States (34 municipalities in Pernambuco alone) products with [[Suape port]] (PE) and Pecem Port (CE)) with costs that are estimated to be around 4.5 R$.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110810161249/http://200.238.107.167/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=97&name=Miolo_1.pdf State site Portal Pernambuco, World Cup 2014 Plan, page 11]</ref>

Recife has historically benefited from its central location in the [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast region]]. In a {{convert|200|mi|km|adj=on}} radius from Recife are four [[States of Brazil|state]] [[Capital (political)|capitals]], two [[Recife Airport|international]] and three regional airports, five international [[Suape port|ports]], 12 million people, 51% of the research centers of the [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast]] and 35% of the region's GDP. Similarly, in a {{convert|500|mi|km|adj=on}} radius there are seven state capitals, five international and five regional airports, nine international seaports and two [[fluvial]] ports.

===Shopping centers===
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Shopping Center Recife was inaugurated in 1980 and it was subsequently surpassed by Riomar Mall, which gross leasable area is 101.000 m<sup>2</sup>, compared with 91.200m² of Shopping Recife. Other shopping centers include:
* Shopping Center Tacaruna. The first center for purchases in the North/West zone of the Recife [[Metropolitan area|Metropolitan Region]] was inaugurated on April 29, 1997, with the intention of improving the economies of the cities of Recife, [[Olinda]], and [[Paulista]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://200.234.220.251/$sitepreview/shoppingtacaruna.com.br/o_tacaruna.html |title=Shopping Tacaruna |access-date=November 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029173737/http://200.234.220.251/$sitepreview/shoppingtacaruna.com.br/o_tacaruna.html |archive-date=October 29, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Shopping Paço da Alfândega
* Plaza Shopping Casa Forte, which was inaugurated in November 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.plazacasaforte.com.br/oplaza/historico.php |title=Plaza Shopping Casa Forte |access-date=November 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211073747/http://www.plazacasaforte.com.br/oplaza/historico.php |archive-date=December 11, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Shopping RioMar, which was inaugurated in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.riomarrecife.com.br/ |title=Shopping RioMar |access-date=December 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203064623/http://riomarrecife.com.br/ |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Medical facilities===
[[File:Recife, the Brazilian capital of social inequality color version.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Recife, one of Brazil's capitals with the highest social inequality]]
The [[Recife metropolitan area|Metropolitan Region]] of Recife has the third largest medical pool in Brazil, after [[São Paulo]] and [[Rio de Janeiro]]. Together they make up 417 hospitals and clinics with 72,000 employees in the Metro Area and more than 120,000 in the State of Pernambuco. The medical pool offers a total of 8,990 beds and, according to the Union of the Hospitals of Pernambuco, recorded in the year 2000 an invoicing of R$220&nbsp;million (Brazilian Reals). It is thanks to the pool that [[Pernambuco]] has access to more [[CT scan]] devices than more developed countries such as Canada or France.<ref>[http://www.caribbeannewsdigital.com/pt/noticias/1856/polo_medico_coloca_recife_no_centro_das_aten%C3%A7%C3%B5es Recife Medical Pool] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225110540/http://www.caribbeannewsdigital.com/pt/noticias/1856/polo_medico_coloca_recife_no_centro_das_aten%c3%a7%c3%b5es |date=December 25, 2009 }}</ref>

A large portion of the modern hospitals included in the pool are located between the neighbourhoods of Derby and of the Ilha do Leite. The Hospital Real Português de Beneficência Portuguesa em Pernambuco, or "Hospital Português" (Portuguese Hospital) for short, is one of the most renowned hospitals in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.recifehotels.brazilhotels.4k.com/Economy-recife.php |title=Economy Recife - Recife hotels at 4K.com™ |access-date=December 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119230513/http://www.recifehotels.brazilhotels.4k.com/Economy-recife.php |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many people from neighbouring states go to Recife for treatment, as it has the largest and best medical facilities in the [[Northern Brazil|North]]–[[Northeastern Brazil|Northeast]] of Brazil.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www2.uol.com.br/JC/_1999/1909/ec1909c.htm |title=Medical pool Ranking |publisher=UOL |location=Recife, Brazil |isbn=85-240-3919-1 |access-date=2007-07-18 |year=2006 |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226030428/http://www2.uol.com.br/JC/_1999/1909/ec1909c.htm |archive-date=December 26, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Recife has three universities / medical schools for medicine, two public, [[Federal University of Pernambuco]] and [[University of Pernambuco]]; and one private, Escola Pernambucana de Medicina FBV/IMIP (Medical School of Pernambuco).

===Convention centers===
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Many events taking place during the year include:
* O Virtuosi, Festival International de Musica de Pernambuco (International Music Festival);
* O Mimo, Mostra International de Musica em [[Olinda]] (International Music Show in [[Olinda]]);
* A feira da Musica Brasil/Porto Musical (Brazil Music Port);
* A Fispal Recife, Feira Internacional da Alimentacao (International Food Festival);
* Recife and Olinda [[Carnival]].

Because of its geographic location, tourism and city infrastructure, Recife's convention centers are of a high standard. The two centers are:

* ''Centro de Convenções de Pernambuco'' ([[Pernambuco]] Convention Center)
The third largest convention center in Brazil.<ref>[http://gwm2pub1.fishy.com.br/noticias/economia/turismo/2008/02/13/NWS,378603,10,188,NOTICIAS,766-CENTRO-CONVENCOES-PERNAMBUCO-ASSOCIA-RCV.aspx Convention Centre of Recife] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715080424/http://gwm2pub1.fishy.com.br/noticias/economia/turismo/2008/02/13/NWS,378603,10,188,NOTICIAS,766-CENTRO-CONVENCOES-PERNAMBUCO-ASSOCIA-RCV.aspx |date=July 15, 2014 }} {{in lang|pt}}</ref>
* Centro de Convenções da [[Federal University of Pernambuco|UFPE]] (Federal University of Pernambuco Convention Center)
A modern theatre with 1,931 seats and {{convert|2071|m2|abbr=off}} of exposition area located on the university campus.