Buíque

Buíque is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco, mesoregion of Agreste. It has an estimated population of 53,272 in a total area of 1345,1 km². The Kapinawá Indigenous Reserve is located in the municipality of Buíque.

Catimbau Valley, Brazil's second largest archeological site

Buíque is located in the Pernambucan Agreste Mesoregion.

Flag of Buíque

History

The municipality of Buíque was settled in 1752, and was originally known as Campos de Buíque. The name "Buíque" comes from Tupi and means "Place of Snakes". Buíque became a village in 1854 and a city in 1874.

The writer Graciliano Ramos grew up in Buíque. At age 18, Graciliano wrote to this mother: "This is as the devil likes it: one wakes up at five in the morning and spends the day reading, smoking, eating and praying; one sleeps at nine in the evening. The life of an angel."

Geography

It is located at latitude 08º37'23" south and longitude 37º09'21" west, 798 meters above sea level, and 278 km from Pernambuco's state capital, Recife.

The Catimbau Valley or Vale do Catimbau in Portuguese, Brazil's second largest archeological site, is located in Buíque. Among its attractions are beautiful canyons, over 2,000 caves, and 28 registered areas with prehistoric cave paintings. The Brazilian federal government has listed the valley as a Unit of Integral Conservation and Preservation.

State – Pernambuco
Region – Agreste of Pernambuco
Boundaries – Arcoverde and Sertânia (N); Águas Belas (S); Pedra (E); Tupanatinga and Itaíba (W)
Area – 1345.1 km²
Elevation – 798 m
Hydrography – Ipanema and Moxotó rivers
Vegetation – Subcaducifólia forest
Clima – semi-arid – hot and dry
Annual average temperature – 21.5 c
Distance to Recife – 278 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Buique are based in general commerce, some eco-tourism and agribusiness, especially plantations of cashew nuts, manioc, and beans, and the farming of cattle, sheep and goats.

Economic indicators

Population[1]	GDP x(1000 R$).[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
53.272	172.447	3.453	0.29%

Economy by sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
28.77%	6.47%	64.76%

Health indicators

[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.575	2	64	27.7

References

"Population 2009 Buique" (PDF) (in Portuguese). IBGE. p. 32. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
"Buique 2007 GDP" (PDF) (in Portuguese). IBGE. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
PE State site – City by city profile

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[1] "Population 2009 Buique" (PDF) (in Portuguese). IBGE. p. 32. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

[2] "Buique 2007 GDP" (PDF) (in Portuguese). IBGE. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

[3] PE State site – City by city profile