Poção

City in Pernambuco, Brazil
Location of Poção within Pernambuco.
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Poção is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 241 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated (IBGE 2020) population of 11,305 inhabitants.[1]

Geography

  • State - Pernambuco
  • Region - Agreste Pernambucano
  • Boundaries - Paraiba state (N); Pesqueira (S and W); Jataúba (E).
  • Area - 199.74 km2
  • Elevation - 1000 m
  • Hydrography - Capibaribe and Ipojuca rivers
  • Vegetation - Caatinga Hipoxerófila
  • Climate - Semi arid
  • Annual average temperature - 19.5 c
  • Distance to Recife - 241 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Poção are based in agribusiness, especially beans, corn; and livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats and poultry.

Economic indicators

Population[2] GDP x(1000 R$).[3] GDP pc (R$) PE
11.503 35.978 3.231 0.07%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
10.72% 8.83% 80.45%

Health indicators

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HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.571 1 14 22.9

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdfIBGE Population 2009 Poção, page 34]
  3. ^ Poção 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived 2016-03-04 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
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Mata Pernambucana
Mata Meridional
Pernambucana
Mata Setentrional
Pernambucana
Vitoria de Santo Antão
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Metropolitana de Recife
Itamaracá
Recife
Porto de Suape
Fernando de Noronha
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Sao Francisco Pernambucano
Itaparica
Petrolina
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Sertão Pernambucano
Araripina
Pajeú
Salgueiro
Sertão do Moxotó

8°11′09″S 36°42′18″W / 8.18583°S 36.70500°W / -8.18583; -36.70500

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