Serrita

Serrita Municipality Flag

Serrita is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 18.958 inhabitants and the total area is 1603.6 km².

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Sertão Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Ceará state (N); Parnamirim and Terra Nova (S); Salgueiro and Cedro (E); Moreilândia and Granito (W).
• Area - 1603.6 km²
• Elevation - 419 m
• Hidrography - Brigida and Terra Nova rivers
• Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
• Clima - semi arid - (Sertão) hot
• Annual average temperature - 27.0 c
• Distance to Recife - 535.5 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Serrita are based in agribusiness, especially creation of goats, sheep, pigss, cattle, horses, donkeys, chickens; and plantations of onions, beans and bananas.

Economic Indicators

Population [1]	GDP x(1000 R$).[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
18.958	51.246	2.811	0.085%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
13.04%	8.63%	78.32%

Health Indicators

^[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.645	1	31	13.0

References

1. ↑ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdfIBGE Population Serrita 2009, page 34
2. ↑ Serrita 2007 GDP IBGE page 32
3. ↑ PE State site - City by city profile

Coordinates: 7°56′S 39°19′W / 7.933°S 39.317°W