Betânia, Pernambuco

City in Pernambuco, Brazil
Location in Pernambuco

Betânia (Bethany) is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according to IBGE, was 12,765 and the area is 1244.07 km².[1]

The municipality contains the 1,485 hectares (3,670 acres) Maurício Dantas Private Natural Heritage Ecological Reserve, created in 1997.[2] The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the 5,900,000-hectare Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.[3]

Geography

  • State - Pernambuco
  • Region - Sertão Pernambucano
  • Boundaries - Flores and Calumbi (N); Floresta (S); Custódia (E); Serra Talhada and Floresta (W)
  • Area - 1244.07 km²
  • Elevation - 441 m
  • Hydrography - Pajeú River
  • Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
  • Climate - semi arid - hot and dry
  • Annual average temperature - 28.0 c
  • Distance to Recife - 391 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Betânia are based in agribusiness, especially creation of goats, cattle, sheep; and plantations of corn, tomatoes and beans.

Economic Indicators

Population GDP x(1000 R$).[4] GDP pc (R$) PE
12.011 33.376 2.890 0.055%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
19.17% 7.86% 72.97%

Health Indicators

[5]

HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.593 1 30 55.3

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ RPPN Reserva Ecológica Maurício Dantas (in Portuguese), ICMBio: Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, retrieved 2016-11-02
  3. ^ Mattos, Marluza (2006), Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga (in Portuguese), Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-01
  4. ^ Betânia 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ PE State site - City by city profile
  • v
  • t
  • e
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

08°16′33″S 38°02′02″W / 8.27583°S 38.03389°W / -8.27583; -38.03389

Stub icon

This Pernambuco, Brazil location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e