Lagoa Grande, Pernambuco

Lagoa Grande is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, 665 km away from the state's capital, Recife. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 25,849 inhabitants and the total area is 1850.07 km².[1]

Geography

Grapes in São Francisco Valley, between Lagoa Grande, Petrolina and Juazeiro
  • State - Pernambuco
  • Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
  • Boundaries - Santa Cruz (N); Bahia state (S); Santa Maria da Boa Vista (E); Petrolina and Dormentes (W)
  • Area - 1852.19 km²
  • Elevation - 300 m
  • Hydrography - Garças and Pontal rivers
  • Vegetation - Caatinga
  • Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) hot
  • Distance to Recife - 665.8 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Lagoa Grande are based in commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, donkeys; and plantations of grapes (more than 32400 tons), tomatoes, onions, guava and mangoes.[citation needed]

Economic Indicators

Population GDP x(1000 R$).[2] GDP pc (R$) PE
22.408 163.859 7.757 0.27%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
48.85% 7.05% 44.10%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.627 1 18 29.1

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ Lagoa Grande 2007 GDP IBGE page 30 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 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

08°59′49″S 40°16′19″W / 8.99694°S 40.27194°W / -8.99694; -40.27194

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