Belém de Maria (''Bethlehem of Mariah'') is a city located in the state of

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...

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. Located at 150 km away from

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, capital of the state of Pernambuco, Belém de Maria has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 12,122 inhabitants.

Geography

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* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries -

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Catende Catende is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population in 2020 of 43,340 inhabitants in a total area of 207.24 km2. The economy is based on the cultivation of sugarcane and the production of derived products ...

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Lagoa dos Gatos Lagoa dos Gatos is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. History Portuguese explorers first reached the place in the late 18th century, and it is presumed that José Cavalcanti Fragoso was the one to establish the settlement of Peri-P ...

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São Joaquim do Monte São Joaquim do Monte is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 124.6 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 21,398 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pern ...

(W) * Area - 69.47 km² * Elevation - 227 m * Hydrography - Una River * Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest * Clima - Hot tropical and humid * Annual average temperature - 22.0 c * Distance to

- 150 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Belém de Maria are based in

agribusiness Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...

, especially

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguis ...

manioc ''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated a ...

; and

livestock Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to provide labor and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to animals ...

such as

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult mal ...

Economic indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health indicators

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References

Municipalities in Pernambuco {{Pernambuco-geo-stub