Brejão
Brejão is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 9.780 and the total area is 159.79 km2.
Geography
- State - Pernambuco
- Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
- Boundaries - Garanhuns (N and E); Lagoa do Carro (S); Terezinha (W).
- Area - 159.79 km2
- Elevation - 788 m
- Hydrography - Mundaú River
- Vegetation - Subcaducifólia forest
- Climate - Tropical hot and humid
- Annual average temperature - 22.0 c
- Distance to Recife - 244 km
Economy
The main economic activities in Brejão are related with agribusiness, especially creations of cattle; and plantations of beans, manioc, coffee and tobacco.
References
- http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Brejão, page 31]
- Brejão 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- PE State site - City by city profile
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