Itaquitinga 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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. Located at 84 km away from

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, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 17,006 inhabitants.

Geography

* State -

* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries - Condado (N); Igarassu (S);

Goiana Goiana is a city in Brazil in the northeast of the state of Pernambuco, roughly 65 km north of the city of Recife, 51 km from the capital of Paraíba and 2,187 km from Brasília. Its historic center was declared a National Histo ...

(E); Nazaré da Mata and Tracunhaém (W) * Area - 103.44 km² * Elevation - 88 m * Hydrography -

Goiana River The Goiana River is a river in Pernambuco state of northeastern Brazil. It is formed by the confluence of the Tracunhaém and Capibaribe Mirim rivers, and drains eastward into the Atlantic Ocean. The Goiana River marks the northern extent of th ...

* Vegetation - Subcaducifólia forest * Climate - Hot tropical and humid * Annual average temperature - 23.3 c * Distance to

- 84 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Itaquitinga are based in agribusiness, especially sugarcane (over 477,000 tons) 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

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and chickens.

Economic indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health indicators

PE State site - City by city profile
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References

Municipalities in Pernambuco {{Pernambuco-geo-stub