São José do Egito

São José do Egito is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 34,056 and the area is 794.1 km².[1]

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Sertão Pernambucano
Boundaries - Brejinho and Itapetim (N); Tuparetama and Ingazeira (S); Paraiba state (E); Santa Terezinha and Tabira (W)
Area - 791.9 km²
Elevation - 585 m
Hydrography - Pajeú River
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
Climate - semi arid - hot and dry
Annual average temperature - 23.2 c
Distance to Recife - 394 km

Economy

The main economic activities in São José do Egito are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens; and plantations of corn, beans and tomatoes.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
31,792	119.315	3,916	0.20%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
16.45%	9.32%	74.23%

Health Indicators

[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.657	2	317	24.2

References

IBGE 2020
S.J. do Egito 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] IBGE 2020

[2] S.J. do Egito 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[3] PE State site - City by city profile