“Buíque is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco, mesoregion of Agreste. Has an estimated population of 53.272 in a total territory of 1345,1 km2. The municipality of Buíque was settled in 1752, and was originally known as Campos de Buíque. The name “”Buíque”” comes from Tupi and means “”Place of Snakes””. Buíque became a village in 1854 and a city in 1874.
The famous Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos grew up in Buíque. At age 18, Graciliano wrote to this mother: “” This is as the devil likes it: one wakes up at five in the morning and spends the day reading, smoking, eating and praying; one sleeps at nine in the evening. The life of an angel. Located at latitude 08º37’23″” south and longitude 37º09’21″” west, 798 meters above the sea leavel, and 278 km from Pernambuco’s state capital, Recife.”
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