Paranatama
Paranatama is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 12.441 and the total area is 230.88 km2.
Geography
- State - Pernambuco
- Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
- Boundaries - Caetés (N); Saloá (S); Garanhuns (E); Pedra (W).
- Area - 230.88 km2
- Elevation - 879 m
- Hydrography - Mundaú River
- Vegetation - Caatinga hipoxerófila
- Climate - Transition between tropical hot and humid and, semi arid hot
- Annual average temperature - 20.8 c
- Distance to Recife - 192 km
Economy
The main economic activity in Paranatama is agribusiness, especially cattle, goat, pig, sheep, and chicken farming; and plantations of beans, manioc, coffee and corn.
References
- http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Paranatama, page 34]
- Paranatama 2007 GDP IBGE Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- PE State site - City by city profile
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