Cortês is a city in the Brazilian

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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 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, ...

. It is 149 km away from the state capital

Recife Recife ( , ) is the Federative units of Brazil, state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North Region, Brazil, North and the Northeast R ...

, and has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 12,560 inhabitants.

Geography

* State -

* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries -

Gravatá Gravatá is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, located about from the state's capital Recife (the distance by road is ). The population of Gravatá in 2022 was 86.516 inhabitants, according with IBGE.https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil ...

(N);

Joaquim Nabuco Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo (August 19, 1849 – January 17, 1910) was a Brazilian writer, statesman, and a leading voice in the abolitionist movement of his country. Early life and education Born in Brazil, Joaquim was the s ...

(S);

Amaraji Amaraji is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 22,870 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries - Chã Grande (N); Ribeirão (S) ...

and Ribeirão (E);

Bonito Bonitos are a tribe of medium-sized, ray-finned, predatory fish in the family Scombridae, which it shares with the mackerel, tuna, and Spanish mackerel tribes, and also the butterfly kingfish. Also called the tribe Sardini, it consists of ...

and

Barra de Guabiraba Barra de Guabiraba (''Guabiraba Bar'') is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located 132.6 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. The city has an estimated (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statisti ...

(W) * Area - 101.33 km² * Elevation - 302 m * Hydrography -

Sirinhaém River The Sirinhaém River is a river of Pernambuco state in eastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Pernambuco List of rivers in Pernambuco (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributari ...

* Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest * Climate - Hot tropical and humid * Annual average temperature - 23.5 c * Distance to

- 149 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Cortês are largely dominated by the food & beverage industry and

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 ...

, especially

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of 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 stout, jointed, fib ...

banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus '' Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing the ...

s and

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...

Economic indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health indicators

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References

Municipalities in Pernambuco {{Pernambuco-geo-stub