Vertente do Lério is a municipality/city in the state of
Pernambuco in
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 7,571 inhabitants and the total area is 73.63 km
2.
Geography
* State -
Pernambuco
* 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 -
Paraiba state (N);
Surubim
Surubim is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is the birthplace of Chacrinha, a famous Brazilian comedian and entertainer who died in 1988.
Geography
* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
* Boundaries - Vertentes do L ...
(S);
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 ...
(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 - ...
(W).
* Area - 67.07 km
2
* Elevation - 290 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 -
Caatinga 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 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- ...
hot
* Annual average temperature - 24.4 c
* Distance to
Recife - 143 km
Economy
The main economic activities in Vertentes do Lério are related with
mineral extraction industry 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 creations of
cattle,
sheep,
goats and
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 ...
.
Economic Indicators
Economy by Sector
2006
Health Indicators
PE State site - City by city profile
References
Municipalities in Pernambuco
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