Lagoa Grande, Pernambuco

Lagoa Grande is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, 665 km away from the state's capital, Recife. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 22.408 inhabitants[1] and the total area is 1852.19 km².

Geography

Grapes in São Francisco Valley, between Lagoa Grande, Petrolina and Juazeiro

State - Pernambuco
Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
Boundaries - Santa Cruz (N); Bahia state (S); Santa Maria da Boa Vista (E); Petrolina and Dormentes (W)
Area - 1852.19 km²
Elevation - 300 m
Hydrography - Garças and Pontal rivers
Vegetation - Caatinga
Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) hot
Distance to Recife - 665.8 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Lagoa Grande are based in commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, donkeys; and plantations of grapes (more than 32400 tons), tomatoes, onions, guava and mangoes.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
22.408	163.859	7.757	0.27%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
48.85%	7.05%	44.10%

Health Indicators

[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.627	1	18	29.1

References

http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Lagoa Grande, page 33]
Lagoa Grande 2007 GDP IBGE page 30 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
PE State site - City by city profile

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[1] ttp://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Lagoa Grande, page 33]

[2] Lagoa Grande 2007 GDP IBGE page 30 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[3] PE State site - City by city profile