Santa Maria da Boa Vista

Santa Maria da Boa Vista is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 41,745[1] and the area is 3001.2 km².

Santa Maria's Flag

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
Boundaries - Parnamirim and Santa Cruz (N); Bahia state (S); Orocó (E); Lagoa Grande (W)
Area - 3001.2 km²
Elevation - 361 m
Hydrography - Brigida and Garças rivers
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) - hot and dry
Annual average temperature - 26.0 c
Distance to Recife - 616 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Santa Maria da Boa Vista are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle and donkeys; and plantations of irrigated grapes, mangoes and bananas.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
41.745	209.495	5.287	0.35%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
41.60%	9.80%	48.60%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.669	1	33	20.8

References

http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Santa Maria da Boa Vista, page 34]
Santa Maria da Boa Vista 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista, page 34]

[2] Santa Maria da Boa Vista 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[3] PE State site - City by city profile