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Garanhuns is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Located in the Borborema Plateau, the town is known as the "Suíça Pernambucana" (Pernambucan Switzerland) due to its pleasant weather during summer and low temperatures during winter, something rather unusual for the region. It is also known as "Cidade das Flores" ("City of Flowers") or "Cidade da Garoa" ("City of Drizzle").Garanhuns is most famous for the Festival de Inverno, or The Winter Festival, which it holds every year in July. During the winter, temperatures in Garanhuns can drop to 7C. This is quite cold for a city that is only a few degrees south of the equator.Geography Region - Agreste of Pernambuco Boundaries - Capoeiras and Jucati (N); Lagoa do Ouro and Correntes (S); São João and Palmeirina (E); Caetés, Saloa, Paranatama, Brejão and Terezinha (W) Area - 472.5 km2 Elevation - 842 m Hidrography - Mundaú River Vegetation - Evergreen forest Climate - Mesothermal Annual average temperature - 20.4 °C Main road - BR 101, PE 126 and PE 177 Distance to Recife - 223 km