Recife has an area of 210 square kilometers, which corresponds to 0.2% of the territorial extension of the State of Pernambuco.
Its growth took place from the center to the periphery, where at the time there were several mills, such as Madalena, Torre, Cordeiro, Várzea, Apipucos, Dois Irmãos, Casa Forte, Belém, Monteiro and, later, some places like Pina, Coelhos, Manguinhos, Hawthorn, among others.
The neighborhoods of Recife, Santo Antônio, São José and Boa Vista, are located in the central part of the city, close to the meeting of the Capibaribe and Beberibe rivers, are connected by bridges and gave rise to Recife.
According to the 2010 Demographic Census, carried out by the IBGE Foundation - Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Recife has a population of 1,536,934 residents, spread over 94 neighborhoods, namely:
| NEIGHBORHOODS | POPULATION |
| City of Recife | 1,536,934 |
| Aflitos | 5,773 |
| Afogados | 36,265 |
| Água Fria | 43,529 |
| Alto do Mandu | 4,655 |
| Alto José Bonifácio | 12,462 |
| Alto José do Pinho | 12,334 |
| Alto Santa Terezinha | 7,703 |
| Apipucos | 3,342 |
| Areias | 29,894 |
| Arruda | 14,530 |
| Barro | 31,847 |
| Beberibe | 8,856 |
| Boa Viagem | 122,922 |
| Boa Vista | 14,778 |
| Bomba do Hemetério | 8,472 |
| Bongi | 8,097 |
| Brasília Teimosa | 18,334 |
| Brejo da Guabiraba | 11,732 |
| Brejo de Beberibe | 8,292 |
| Cabanga | 1,551 |
| Caçote | 10,470 |
| Cajueiro | 6,584 |
| Campina do Barreto | 9,484 |
| Campo Grande | 32,149 |
| Casa Amarela | 29,180 |
| Casa Forte | 6,750 |
| Caxangá | 9,634 |
| Cidade Universitária | 818 |
| Coelhos | 7,633 |
| Cohab | 67,283 |
| Coqueiral | 10,794 |
| Cordeiro | 41,164 |
| Córrego do Jenipapo | 9,246 |
| Curado | 16,418 |
| Derby | 2,071 |
| Dois Irmãos | 2,566 |
| Dois Unidos | 32,905 |
| Encruzilhada | 11,940 |
| Engenho do Meio | 10,211 |
| Espinheiro | 10,438 |
| Estância | 9,240 |
| Fundão | 8,132 |
| Graças | 20,538 |
| Guabiraba | 6,330 |
| Hipódromo | 2,658 |
| Ibura | 50,617 |
| Ilha do Leite | 1,007 |
| Ilha do Retiro | 3,740 |
| Ilha Joana Bezerra | 12,629 |
| Imbiribeira | 48,512 |
| Ipsep | 25,029 |
| Iputinga | 52,200 |
| Jaqueira | 1,591 |
| Jardim São Paulo | 31,648 |
| Jiquiá | 10,245 |
| Jordão | 20,777 |
| Linha do Tiro | 14,867 |
| Macaxeira | 20,313 |
| Madalena | 22,082 |
| Mangabeira | 6,950 |
| Mangueira | 8,480 |
| Monteiro | 5,917 |
| Morro da Conceição | 10,182 |
| Mustardinha | 12,429 |
| Nova Descoberta | 34,212 |
| Paissandu | 507 |
| Parnamirim | 7,636 |
| Passarinho | 20,305 |
| Pau Ferro | 72 |
| Peixinhos | 4,998 |
| Pina | 29,176 |
| Poço | 4,615 |
| Ponto de Parada | 1,554 |
| Porto da Madeira | 7,713 |
| Prado | 11,694 |
| Recife | 602 |
| Rosarinho | 4,077 |
| San Martin | 25,414 |
| Sancho | 11,199 |
| Santana | 3,054 |
| Santo Amaro | 27,939 |
| Santo Antônio | 265 |
| São José | 8,688 |
| Sítio dos Pintos | 7,276 |
| Soledade | 2,495 |
| Tamarineira | 14,124 |
| Tejipió | 8,918 |
| Torre | 17,903 |
| Torreão | 1,083 |
| Torrões | 32,015 |
| Totó | 2,420 |
| Várzea | 70,453 |
| Vasco da Gama | 31,025 |
| Zumbi | 6,033 |
Recife, September 10, 2003.
sources consulted
CAVALCANTI, Carlos Bezerra. O Recife e seus bairros. Recife: Câmara Municipal, 1998. 166p.
CRESCIMENTO sem equilíbrio no Recife. Jornal do Commercio, Recife, 17 nov. 2011. Cidades, p. 4. [Transcrição de informações do Censo 2010, do IBGE].
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GASPAR, Lúcia. Recife’s neighborhoods. In: PESQUISA Escolar. Recife: Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, 2003. Available from: https://pesquisaescolar.fundaj.gov.br/pt-br/artigo/bairros-do-recife/. Access on: Month. day, year. (Ex.: Aug. 6, 2020.)