São José do Egito
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São José do Egito is a city in the state of
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,
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. The population in 2020, according with
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was 34,056 and the area is 794.1 km².


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 -
Sertão The ''sertão'' (, plural ''sertões'') is the "hinterland" or "backcountry". In Brazil, it refers both to one of the four sub-regions of the Northeast Region of Brazil (similar to the specific association of " outback" with Australia in Englis ...
Pernambucano * Districts - São José do Egito, Bonfim and Riacho do Meio * Boundaries - Brejinho and Itapetim (N); Tuparetama and Ingazeira (S); Paraiba state (E);
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and Tabira (W) * Area - 791.9 km² * Elevation - 585 m * Hydrography - Pajeú River * Vegetation -
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hiperxerófila * Climate - semi arid - hot and dry * Annual average temperature - 23.2 c * Distance to
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- 394 km


Economy

The main economic activities in São José do Egito are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of
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s,
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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pig The pig (''Sus domesticus''), often called swine, hog, or domestic pig when distinguishing from other members of the genus '' Sus'', is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is variously considered a subspecies of ''Sus ...
s, chickens; and plantations of corn, beans and
tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...
es.


Economic Indicators

Economy by Sector 2006


Health Indicators

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References

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