Brejão

Brejão is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 9.780 and the total area is 159.79 km².

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
Hidrography - Mundaú River
Vegetation - Subcaducifólia forest
Clima - 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 ^[1]	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	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

^[3]

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

References

↑ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Brejão, page 31]
↑ Brejão 2007 GDP IBGE page 29
↑ PE State site - City by city profile

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

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