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Betânia, Pernambuco
City in Pernambuco, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Betânia (Bethany) is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according to IBGE, was 12,765 and the area is 1244.07 km².[1]
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The municipality contains the 1,485 hectares (3,670 acres) Maurício Dantas Private Natural Heritage Ecological Reserve, created in 1997.[2] The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the 5,900,000-hectare Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.[3]