Arcoverde (''Green Bow'') is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...
,
Brazil
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. It is located in the mesoregion of ''
Sertão
The ''sertão'' (, plural ''sertões'') is the "hinterland" or "backcountry". In Brazil, it refers both to one of the four sub-regions of the Northeast Region of Brazil (similar to the specific association of " outback" with Australia in Englis ...
Pernambucano'' . Arcoverde has a total area of 353.4 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 74,822 inhabitants in 2020 according with
IBGE
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.
Geography
Arcoverde is located in the
Sertao of
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...
state. The municipality has the following data:
* Boundaries -
Paraíba (N);
Buíque and
Pedra (S),
Pesqueira (E),
Sertânia (W)
* Area - 353.4 km
2
* Elevation - 663 m
* Hydrography - Ipanema, Ipojuca and Moxotó rivers
* Vegetation - Caatinga.
* Climate - Semi desertic, (
Sertao) - hot and dry
* Annual average temperature - 22.4 c
* Main road - BR 232
* Distance to
Recife
That it may shine on all ( Matthew 5:15)
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- 254 km
Economy
The main economic activities in Arcoverde are based in general
commerce
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...
, services and primary sector.
Economic Indicators
Economy by Sector
2006
Health Indicators
PE State site - City by city profile
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References
Municipalities in Pernambuco
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