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Petrolina

Petrolina is a city in the São Francisco Valley, in the southernmost point of the state of Pernambuco, in Brazil. With over 340,000 inhabitants (2017), it is one of the largest cities of the Northeast's Sertão, a mostly semi-arid and sparsely populated region. Wikivoyage

Population 418,444 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Brazil

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Brazil

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Mercado Municipal Joca de Souza Oliveira

    1. Monday: 06:00–17:00
    2. Tuesday: 06:00–17:00
    3. Wednesday: 06:00–17:00
    4. Thursday: 06:00–17:00
    5. Friday: 06:00–17:00
    6. Saturday: 06:00–14:00
    7. Sunday: 06:00–13:00
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    06:00–17:00
    Tuesday
    06:00–17:00
    Wednesday
    06:00–17:00
    Thursday
    06:00–17:00
    Friday
    06:00–17:00
    Saturday
    06:00–14:00
    Sunday
    06:00–13:00
    2.5 km from the centre

  • Feira Livre (Jardim Maravilha)

    No hours mapped

    1.4 km from the centre

  • Feira Livre de Areia Branca

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.8 km from the centre

  • Mercado Popular

    No hours mapped

    2.6 km from the centre

  • Mercado Municipal Arnaldo Vieira do Nascimento

    No hours mapped

    3.0 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 6 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.