Limoeiro

Limoeiro
City
Limoeiro Overview
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Limoeiro Limoeiro located in Brazil map
Coordinates: 7°52′30″S 35°27′00″W / 7.87500001°S 35.45000001°WCoordinates: 7°52′30″S 35°27′00″W / 7.87500001°S 35.45000001°W
Country	Brazil
State	Pernambuco
Region	Agreste
Area
• Total	269.97 km^2 (104.24 sq mi)
Elevation	138 m (453 ft)
Average Temperature	25.1 °C (77.2 °F)

Limoeiro's principal church

Limoeiro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil.

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Agreste Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Vicência (N); Passira and Feira Nova (S); Carpina, Lagoa do Carro and Buenos Aires (E); Bom Jardim, Salgadinho and João Alfredo (W)
• Area - 269.97 km²
• Elevation - 138 m
• Hidrography - Capibaribe and Goiana rivers
• Vegetation - Caducifólia forest
• Clima - hot, tropical, and humid
• Annual average temperature - 25.1 c
• Distance to Recife - 91 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Limoeiro are based in industry, commerce, tourism and agribusiness, especially plantations of bananas and sugarcane, and the raising of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs and chickens.

Economic indicators

Population[1]	GDP x(1000 R$).[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
57.243	219.496	3.951	0.37%

Economy by sector (2006)

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
5.76%	12.32%	81.92%

Health indicators

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.688	2	141	17.2

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References

1. http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 (Limoeiro, page 33)
2. Limoeiro 2007 GDP IBGE page 30
3. PE State site - City by city profile

External links

• Media related to Limoeiro at Wikimedia Commons