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Canhotinho (''Little Left-handed'') is a city located in the state 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 ...
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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 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. Located at 223 km away from
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, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 24,773 inhabitants.


Geography

* State -
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 ...
* Region - Agreste Pernambucano * Boundaries - Lajedo and Jurema (N);
Palmeirina Palmeirina is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 252 km from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco, Palmeirina has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 7,600 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pernambuco * ...
(S); Quipapá and
Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...
state (E);
Angelim Angelim (''Angelinne'') is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2020, according to IBGE, was 11,226 inhabitants and the total area is 118.03 km2. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Agreste of Per ...
and Calçado (W). * Area - 423.08 km2 * Elevation - 520 m * Hydrography - Mundaú and Una rivers * Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest * Climate - Hot and humid * Annual average temperature - 21.7 c * Distance to
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- 223 km


Economy

The main economic activities in Canhotinho are based in commerce and agribusiness, especially sugarcane,
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; 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 animal ...
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 ma ...
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sheep Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus '' Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated ...
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poultry Poultry () are domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, their meat or their feathers. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails, ...
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Economic indicators

Economy by Sector 2006


Health indicators


References

Municipalities in Pernambuco {{Pernambuco-geo-stub