São José do Egito

Municipality in Pernambuco state, Brazil

São José do Egito is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 34,056 and the area is 794.1 km².[1]

Geography

  • State - Pernambuco
  • Region - Sertão Pernambucano
  • Districts - São José do Egito, Bonfim and Riacho do Meio
  • Boundaries - Brejinho and Itapetim (N); Tuparetama and Ingazeira (S); Paraiba state (E); Santa Terezinha and Tabira (W)
  • Area - 791.9 km²
  • Elevation - 585 m
  • Hydrography - Pajeú River
  • Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
  • Climate - semi arid - hot and dry
  • Annual average temperature - 23.2 c
  • Distance to Recife - 394 km

Economy

The main economic activities in São José do Egito are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens; and plantations of corn, beans and tomatoes.

Economic Indicators

Population GDP x(1000 R$).[2] GDP pc (R$) PE
31,792 119.315 3,916 0.20%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
16.45% 9.32% 74.23%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.657 2 317 24.2

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ S.J. do Egito 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 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

07°28′44″S 37°16′28″W / 7.47889°S 37.27444°W / -7.47889; -37.27444

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