Palmares, Pernambuco

Palmares is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, with 58.819 inhabitants, according with IBge 2009. Its main activity is the combined field of agriculture and livestock (Portuguese: agropecuária). It received its name from the Portuguese people who named it that due to the number of palm trees in the area where run-away slaves had created approximately 16 quilombos, led by Zumbi.

Palmares Cultural House

Geography

Una river in Palmares

State - Pernambuco
Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
Boundaries - Bonito (N); Xexéu (S); Catende (W); Joaquim Nabuco and Água Preta (E)
Area - 386.84 km²
Elevation - 108 m
Hydrography - Una river
Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
Climate - Hot tropical and humid
Annual average temperature - 22 c
Distance to Recife - 120 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Palmares are based in industry, commerce and agribusiness especially, sugarcane, bananas; and creations of cattle, horses and mules.

Economic Indicators

Population [1]	GDP x(1000 R$).[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
58.819	305.367	5.391	0.50%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
5.88%	9.65%	84.47%

Health Indicators

[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.653	3	324	27.7

References

http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Palmares, page 34
Palmares 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
PE State site - City by city profile