Surubim is a city in the state of

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the ...

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 ...

. It is the birthplace of Chacrinha, a famous Brazilian comedian and entertainer who died in 1988.

Geography

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* Region -

Agreste The agreste (, "countryside") is a narrow zone of Brazil in the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia between the coastal forest ''zona da mata'' and the semiarid ''sertão''. The agreste fades out after ...

of Pernambuco * Boundaries - Vertentes do Lério and

Casinhas Casinhas or little houses (population: 14,368) is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 125.28 sq/km of total area. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Agres ...

(N);

Riacho das Almas Riacho das Almas (population 20,646) is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 313.99 sq/km of total area. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Agreste of Perna ...

and Cumaru (S); Bom Jardim, Salgadinho and

João Alfredo João Alfredo is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 120.6 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 33,328 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pernambuco * ...

(E);

Santa Maria do Cambucá Santa Maria do Cambucá is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Agreste Pernambucano * Boundaries - Paraiba (N); Frei Miguelinho (S); Surubim and Vertentes do Lério (E); Vertentes (W) * Area - ...

and

Frei Miguelinho Frei Miguelinho is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Agreste Pernambucano * Boundaries - Santa Maria do Cambucá (N); Caruaru and Riacho das Almas (S); Surubim (E); Vertentes (W) * Area - 212.7 km2 * ...

(W) * Area - 252.85 km² * Elevation - 394 m * Hydrography - Capibaribe river * Vegetation -

Caatinga Caatinga (, ) is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation" (''caa'' = forest, v ...

Hiperxerófila Deserts and xeric shrublands are a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Deserts and xeric (ancient Greek xērós, “dry") shrublands form the largest terrestrial biome, covering 19% of Earth's land surface area. Ecoregions in this h ...

* Climate - semi-

arid A region is arid when it severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Regions with arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic. Most ...

, hot and dry * Annual average temperature - 23.7 c * Distance to

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- 134 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Surubim are based in industry, commerce 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 the raising of

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 ...

, pigs,

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...

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 domesticate ...

and

chicken 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 adu ...

Economic indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health indicators

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References

Municipalities in Pernambuco {{Pernambuco-geo-stub