Joaquim Nabuco is a Brazilian municipality 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 ...

, with an estimated population of 16,011 inhabitants as of 2020, according with

IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information ...

. Has a total area of 121,88 km².

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 son ...

was a famous Pernambuco

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, who lived in the 19th century.

Geography

* State -

* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries -

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

and

Cortês Cortês is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is 149 km away from the state capital Recife, and has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 12,560 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana ...

(N); Palmares and Água Preta (S); Palmares (W); Água Preta and Ribeirão (E) * Area - 121.88 km² * Elevation - 152 m * Hydrography -

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and

Sirinhaém River The Sirinhaém River is a river of Pernambuco state in eastern Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 2 ...

s * Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest * Climate - Hot tropical and humid * Annual average temperature - 24.7 c * Distance to

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- 119 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Joaquim Nabuco are based in food and 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 w ...

, especially plantations of

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 ...

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 creations of

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 it:Joaquim Nabuco