Santa Terezinha is a city in the state of
Pernambuco,
Brazil. The population in 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 ...
was 11,865 inhabitants and the total area is 200.32 km².
Geography
* State -
Pernambuco
* 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 English ...
Pernambucano
* Boundaries -
Paraíba
Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...
state and
Brejinho
Brejinho (''Little Swamp'') is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according to IBGE was 7,488 and the area is 106.3 km².
Geography
* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Sertão Pernambucano
* Boundaries - Paraiba ...
(N);
São José do Egito
São José do Egito is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 34,056 and the area is 794.1 km².
Geography
* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Sertão Pernambucano
* Districts - São José do ...
and
Tabira (S); São José do Egito (E); Tabira (W).
* Area - 195.58 km²
* Elevation - 813 m
* Hydrography -
Pajeú River
The Pajeú River is a tributary of the São Francisco River 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 popula ...
* Vegetation -
Caatinga
* Climate -
Semi arid
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi- ...
and
tropical hot
* Annual average temperature - 21.7 c
* Distance to
Recife - 429.5 km
Economy
The main economic activities in Santa Terezinha are based in
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 creation of
cattle,
sheep,
pigss,
goats,
chickens
The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult m ...
; and plantations of
beans,
corn
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...
and
manioc.
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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