Canhotinho is a city located in the state of Pernambuco

Pernambuco

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. Located at 223 km away from Recife

Recife

Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...

, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated (Ibge 2009

IBGE

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...

) population of 24.381 inhabitants.

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
  Pernambuco
  Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
  
  
• Region - Agreste Pernambucano
  Agreste
  In Brazil, the agreste is a narrow zone in the states of Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia between the coastal forest zona da mata and the semiarid sertão...
  
  
• Boundaries - Lajedo
  Lajedo, Pernambuco
  Lajedo is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. Its latitude is 8.63/8°39'49' S and the longitude is 36.2/36°19'12' W. The population in 2009 was 34.809 and the area is 189.05 km².-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
   and Jurema
  Jurema, Pernambuco
  Jurema is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 15.552 inhabitants and the total area is 148.25 km2.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Agreste of Pernambuco...
  
    (N); Palmeirina
  Palmeirina
  Palmeirina is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 252 km from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco, Palmeirina has an estimated population of 8.481 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
    (S); Quipapá
  Quipapá
  Quipapá is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 186 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 25.603 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
   and Alagoas
  Alagoas
  Alagoas is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco ; Sergipe ; Bahia ; and the Atlantic Ocean . It occupies an area of 27,767 km², being slightly larger than Haiti...
  
   state (E); Angelim
  Angelim
  Angelim is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 10.385 inhabitants and the total area is 118.03 km2.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Agreste of Pernambuco...
  
   and Calçado
  Calçado
  Calçado is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 200 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 11.619 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
    (W).
• Area - 423.08 km²
• Elevation - 520 m
• Hydrography - Mundaú
  Mundaú River
  The Mundaú River is a river in northeastern Brazil. The Mundaú originates in the Borborema Plateau of Pernambuco state, and flows southeast through Pernambuco and Alagoas states to empty into the Mundaú Lagoon at Maceió, Alagoas' capital. Mundaú Lagoon is an estuary, connected to the Atlantic Ocean...
  
   and Una rivers
• Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
• Climate - Hot and humid
• Annual average temperature - 21.7 c
• Distance to Recife
  Recife
  Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
  
   - 223 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Canhotinho are based in commerce and agribusiness

Agribusiness

In agriculture, agribusiness is a generic term for the various businesses involved in food production, including farming and contract farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales....

, especially sugarcane

Sugarcane

Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...

, beans, manioc; and livestock

Livestock

Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...

 such as cattle

Cattle

Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...

, sheeps and poultry

Poultry

Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of producing eggs, meat, and/or feathers. These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae , especially the order Galliformes and the family Anatidae , commonly known as "waterfowl"...

.

Economic indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).	GDP pc (R$)	PE Pernambuco Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
24.381	76.093	3.142	0.13 %

Economy by Sector
2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
14.52 %	9.93 %	75.55 %

Health indicators

HDI Human Development Index The Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries... (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Childrens Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.588	1	27	38.0