Flores, Pernambuco

Flores (Flowers), is a municipality (município) in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 23.034^[1] and the area is 953.83 km².

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Sertão Pernambucano
Boundaries - Paraiba state and Quixaba (N); Betânia (S); Carnaíba and Custódia (E); Triunfo and Calumbi (W)
Area - 953.83 sqkm
Elevation - 466 m
Hidrography - Pajeú River
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
Clima - Semi desertic ( Sertão) hot and dry
Annual average temperature - 25.0 c
Distance to Recife - 385 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Flores are based in agribusiness, especially creation of cattle and their milk, goats, sheeps and plantations with beans, corn and guava (goiaba).

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
23.034	59.354	2.703	0.097 %

Economy by Sector

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
20.39 %	9.10 %	70.51 %

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.613	1	22	27.5

References

^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Flores, page 32]
^ Flores 2007 GDP IBGE page 31
^ PE State site - City by city profile

7°51′57″S 37°58′30″W / 7.86583°S 37.97500°W / -7.86583; -37.97500

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[1] ttp://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Flores, page 32]

[2] Flores 2007 GDP IBGE page 31

[3] PE State site - City by city profile

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