Lagoa do Itaenga (also written Lagoa de Itaenga) is a municipality located in the state of
Pernambuco,
Brazil. Located 78 km from
Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. As of 2020, it has an estimated population of 21,460 (
IBGE 2020).
Geography
* State -
Pernambuco
* Region -
Zona da mata Pernambucana
* Boundaries -
Carpina
Carpina is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. Its economy is based on commerce and footwear industry. Its current mayor is Manoel Botafogo.
Geography
* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
* Boundaries - Tracunhaém, Buenos Aires a ...
and
Lagoa do Carro
Lagoa do Carro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in Zona da mata Pernambucana region at 60 km of the state capital Recife.
Geography
* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
* Boundaries - Carpina (N and E); ...
(N);
Glória do Goitá
Glória do Goitá is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in Zona da mata Pernambucana at 75 km of the state capital Recife.
Geography
* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
* Boundaries - Feira Nova, Paudalho ...
(S);
Paudalho
Paudalho is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. Geography
* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
* Boundaries - Tracunhaém (N), São Lourenço da Mata, Chã de Alegria, Camaragibe and Glória do Goitá (S), Carpina and ...
(E);
Feira Nova and
Limoeiro
Limoeiro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil.
Geography
* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Agreste, Agreste Pernambucano
* Boundaries - Vicência (N); Passira and Feira Nova, Pernambuco, Feira Nova (S); Carpina, Lagoa do Carro and Buenos Aires, Per ...
(W)
* Area - 57.9 km
2
* Elevation - 183 m
* Hydrography -
Capibaribe River
The Capibaribe River () is a river located in Pernambuco state, Brazil, with a length of 240 kilometers. The Capibaribe originates in the Serra do Jacarará, in the municipality of Poção, and flows to the Atlantic Ocean at Recife.
Etymology
Th ...
* Vegetation -
Subcaducifólia and Caducifólia forests
* Climate - Hot tropical and humid
* Annual average temperature - 24.6 c
* Distance to
Recife - 78 km
Economy
The main economic activities in Lagoa de Itaenga are largely dominated by the food &
beverage industry (77%) 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
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 ...
and
cattle.
Economic indicators
Economy by Sector
2006
Health indicators
PE State site - City by city profile
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References
Municipalities in Pernambuco
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