Salgueiro is a city in

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. It is located in the mesoregion of ''

Sertão The ''sertão'' (, plural ''sertões'') is the " hinterland" or " backcountry" of Brazil. The word refers both to one of the four sub-regions of the Northeast Region of Brazil or the hinterlands of the country in general (similar to the specific ...

Pernambucano''. Salgueiro covers an area of 1687 square kilometers and had in 2020 an estimated population of 61,249 inhabitants. It is the see city of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Salgueiro The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salgueiro is a diocese located in the city of Salgueiro in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, Olinda e Recife in Brazil. History * 16 June 2010: Established as Diocese of S ...

, a suffragan see of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife () is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese in northeast Brazil's Pernambuco state. Special churches * Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is a World Heritage Site (Minor): Holy Saviour of the World Ca ...

Geography

* State -

* Region -

Pernambucano * Boundaries - Ceará (N);

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(S),

Verdejante Verdejante is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 9,553 inhabitants and the total area is 476.03 km2. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Sertão Pernambucano * Boundaries - C ...

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and

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(E);

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, Terra Nova,

Serrita Serrita is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 19,196 inhabitants and the total area is 1535.2 km2. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Sertão Pernambucano * Boundaries - Cear� ...

and Cedro (W) * Area - 1639.3 km² * Elevation - 420 m * Hydrography - Terra Nova River * Vegetation -

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Subcaducifólia. * Climate - Semi desertic, (

) - hot and dry * Main road - BR 232 * Distance to

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- 510 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Salgueiro is based on general

commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

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 ...

, especially plantations of onions,

cotton Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...

and tomatoes; and creations of

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly 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 ...

sheep Sheep (: sheep) or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are a domesticated, ruminant mammal 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 d ...

and pigs.

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