Triunfo | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Triunfo |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Leader Name: | Luciano Bonfim |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Party: | Avante |
Population Demonym: | triunfense |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Coordinates: | -7.8378°N -38.1019°W |
Motto: | Sub lege libertas ('Liberty under the law') |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Total Km2: | 191.52 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Nickname: | Oasis do Sertão ('Oasis of the Sertão') |
Pop Est As Of: | 2020 |
Population Est: | 15243 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 15006 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
Blank Info: | 0.670 – medium[1] |
Triunfo is a municipality in the Northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco. The estimated population in 2020, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) was 15,243. The area of the municipality is 191.52 km2,[2] and in 2010 the population density was 78 inhabitants/km2.[3] Triunfo sits at an elevation of 1004m (3,294feet) in a forested part of the Sertão, and is the highest municipality in Pernambuco.
Far inland and with a milder climate than the surrounding semi-arid plateau, the city has the nickname "Oasis of the Sertão",[4] and tourism is a significant part of the economy. Its current mayor is Luciano Fernando de Sousa (better known as Luciano Bonfim) of the Avante party, elected in 2020.[5]
The main economic activities in Triunfo are tourism, commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, ; and plantations of guavas and sugarcane.