São José do Belmonte

São José do Belmonte is a city and municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 34.118 inhabitants^[1] and the total area is 1479.96 km².

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Sertão Pernambucano
Boundaries - Paraiba and Ceará states (N); Mirandiba (S); Serra Talhada (E); Verdejante (W)
Area - 1479.96 km²
Elevation - 486 m
Hydrography - Pajeú River
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
Climate - semi arid - (Sertão)
Annual average temperature - 25.4 c
Distance to Recife - 470 km

The municipality is currently divided into two districts (as of 1988), São José do Belmonte, and Bom Nome.^[2]

Economy

The main economic activities in São José do Belmonte are based on industry, commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, chickens; and plantations of manioc, beans and tomatoes.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).^[3]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
34.118	97.342	2.976	0.17%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
15.19%	15.76%	69.05%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.635	2	76	19.9

References

^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 S. J. do Belmonte, page 34]
^ Hisotoria, Prefeitura São José do Belmonte, Retrieved 24 April 2018 (in Portuguese)
^ S.J. do Belmonte 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ PE State site - City by city profile

7°51′39″S 38°45′36″W / 7.86083°S 38.76000°W / -7.86083; -38.76000

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[1] ttp://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 S. J. do Belmonte, page 34]

[historia-2] Hisotoria, Prefeitura São José do Belmonte, Retrieved 24 April 2018 (in Portuguese)

[3] S.J. do Belmonte 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[4] PE State site - City by city profile

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