Brejão

Municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil
Brejão in Pernambuco.

Brejão is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2020 was 8,987 and the total area is 159.79 km2.[1]

Geography

  • State - Pernambuco
  • Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
  • Boundaries - Garanhuns (N and E); Lagoa do Carro (S); Terezinha (W).
  • Area - 159.79 km2
  • Elevation - 788 m
  • Hydrography - Mundaú River
  • Vegetation - Subcaducifólia forest
  • Climate - Tropical hot and humid
  • Annual average temperature - 22.0 c
  • Distance to Recife - 244 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Brejão are related with agribusiness, especially creations of cattle; and plantations of beans, manioc, coffee and tobacco.

Economic Indicators

Population [2] GDP x(1000 R$).[3] GDP pc (R$) PE
9.780 43.489 4.656 0.073%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
28.99% 16.88% 54.13%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.569 1 8 28.2

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Brejão, page 31]
  3. ^ Brejão 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ PE State site - City by city profile
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Capital: Recife
Mesoregion
Agreste Pernambucano
Alto Capibaribe
Brejo Pernambucano
Garanhuns
Médio Capibaribe
Vale do Ipanema
Vale do Ipojuca
Mesoregion
Mata Pernambucana
Mata Meridional
Pernambucana
Mata Setentrional
Pernambucana
Vitoria de Santo Antão
Mesoregion
Metropolitana de Recife
Itamaracá
Recife
Porto de Suape
Fernando de Noronha
Mesoregion
Sao Francisco Pernambucano
Itaparica
Petrolina
Mesoregion
Sertão Pernambucano
Araripina
Pajeú
Salgueiro
Sertão do Moxotó

9°01′48″S 36°34′08″W / 9.03000°S 36.56889°W / -9.03000; -36.56889

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