Ouricuri

Ouricuri is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of Sertão Pernambucano. Ouricuri has a total area of 2,423 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 66,978 inhabitants ^[1] in 2009 according to the IBGE.

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Sertão Pernambucano
Boundaries - Araripina, Trindade and Ipubi (N), Santa Cruz and Santa Filomena (S), Parnamirim and Bodocó (E), Piaui state (W)
Area - 2,423 km²
Elevation - 451 m
Hydrography - Brigida River
Vegetation - Caatinga
Climate - Semi-arid (Sertao) hot and dry
Annual average temperature - 25.5 c
Main road - BR 232 and BR 316
Distance to Recife - 621 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Ouricuri are based in extraction of gypsum and no metallic minerals, and primary sector especially creation of goats, donkeys, pigs and farms with beans, manioc and corn. Ouricuri is located in the micro region of Araripina which contains 95% of the Brazilian reserves of Gypsum.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
66.978	200.880	3.186	0.33%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
6.51%	17.42%	76.07%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.614	2	165	27.4

The institutions that is responsible for public healthcare in Ouricuri and region of the Araripe are; Municipal Health Secretary of Ouricuri (SMSO), Intermunicipal Health Consortium of Pernambuco (CIAPE)