Flores, Pernambuco
Encyclopedia
Flores is a municipality (município) in the state of Pernambuco
in Brazil
. The population in 2009, according with IBGE
was 23.034 and the area is 953.83 km².
, especially creation of cattle
and their milk
, goat
s, sheeps and plantations with bean
s, corn
and guava
(goiaba).
Economy by Sector
Pernambuco
Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. The population in 2009, according with IBGE
IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...
was 23.034 and the area is 953.83 km².
Geography
- State - PernambucoPernambucoPernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
- Region - SertãoSertãoIn Portuguese, the word sertão first referred to the vast hinterlands of Asia that Lusitanian explorers encountered. In Brazil, the geographical term referred to backlands away from the Atlantic coastal regions where the Portuguese first settled in South America in the early sixteenth century...
Pernambucano - Boundaries - ParaibaParaíbaParaíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east...
state and QuixabaQuixabaQuixaba is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 7.116 inhabitants and the total area is 209.96 km².-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Sertão Pernambucano...
(N); BetâniaBetânia, PernambucoBetânia is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 12.011 and the area is 1244.07 km².-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Sertão Pernambucano...
(S); CarnaíbaCarnaibaCarnaíba is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 19.155 inhabitants and the total area is 436.98 km².-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Sertão Pernambucano...
and CustódiaCustódiaCustódia is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 33.874 inhabitants and the total area is 1404.1 km².-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Sertão Pernambucano...
(E); TriunfoTriunfo, PernambucoTriunfo is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 15.770 and the area is 191.52 km².-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Sertão Pernambucano...
and CalumbiCalumbiCalumbi is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 7.977 inhabitants and the total area is 221.04 km².-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Sertão Pernambucano...
(W) - Area - 953.83 sqkm
- Elevation - 466 m
- Hidrography - Pajeú RiverPajeú RiverThe Pajeú River is a tributary of the São Francisco River in Pernambuco state of northeastern Brazil. The Pajeú originates on the Borborema Plateau, and flows southwest to join the São Francisco....
- Vegetation - CaatingaCaatingaCaatinga is a type of vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in the northeastern part of Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation"...
hiperxerófila. - Clima - Semi desertic ( SertãoSertãoIn Portuguese, the word sertão first referred to the vast hinterlands of Asia that Lusitanian explorers encountered. In Brazil, the geographical term referred to backlands away from the Atlantic coastal regions where the Portuguese first settled in South America in the early sixteenth century...
) hot and dry - Annual average temperature - 25.0 c
- Distance to RecifeRecifeRecife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
- 385 km
Economy
The main economic activities in Flores are based in agribusinessAgribusiness
In agriculture, agribusiness is a generic term for the various businesses involved in food production, including farming and contract farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales....
, especially creation of cattle
Cattle
Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
and their milk
Milk
Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
, goat
Goat
The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
s, sheeps and plantations with bean
Bean
Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae used for human food or animal feed....
s, corn
Maize
Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
and guava
Guava
Guavas are plants in the myrtle family genus Psidium , which contains about 100 species of tropical shrubs and small trees. They are native to Mexico, Central America, and northern South America...
(goiaba).
Economic Indicators
| Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE Pernambuco Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the... |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23.034 | 59.354 | 2.703 | 0.097 % |
Economy by Sector
| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
|---|---|---|
| 20.39 % | 9.10 % | 70.51 % |
Health Indicators
| HDI Human Development Index The Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries... (2000) |
Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's mortality every 1000 (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.613 | 1 | 22 | 27.5 |