Nazaré da Mata 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 62 km 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 30.185 people, it is well known as the town of Maracatu Rural

Maracatu

Maracatu is a term common to two distinct performance genres found in Pernambuco state in northeastern Brazil: maracatu de nação and maracatu rural . A third style, maracatu cearense , is found in Fortaleza, in the northeastern state of Ceará...

and its engenhos de cana-de-açúcar (sugarcane plantations houses). It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré

Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré is a diocese located in the city of Nazaré da Mata in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.-History:...

.

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 - Zona da mata Pernambucana
  Zona da Mata (coastal)
  The Zona da Mata is the narrow coastal plain between the Atlantic Ocean and the dry agreste and sertão regions in the northeastern Brazilian states of Maranhão, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia....
  
  
• Boundaries - Aliança
  Aliança
  Aliança is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 82 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco...
  
  , Condado
  Condado, Pernambuco
  Condado is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 69.3 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 24.403 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
   and Itaquitinga
  Itaquitinga
  Itaquitinga is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 84 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 15.507 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
    (N); Tracunhaém
  Tracunhaém
  Tracunhaém is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 63 km from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 13.265 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
    (S and E); Carpina
  Carpina
  Carpina is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. Its economy is based on commerce and footwear industry. Its current mayor is Manoel Botafogo.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana...
  
   and Buenos Aires
  Buenos Aires, Pernambuco
  Buenos Aires is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 78 km from Recife, capital of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 13.675 people.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana...
  
    (W); Vitória de Santo Antão
  Vitória de Santo Antão
  Vitória de Santo Antão is a city in the State of Pernambuco, in Brazil, located at -Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana...
  
    (E)
• Area - 150.8 sqkm
• Elevation - 89 m
• Hidrography - Goiana River
  Goiana River
  The Goiana River is a river in Pernambuco state of northeastern Brazil. It is formed by the confluence of the Tracunhaém and Capibaribe Mirim rivers, and drains eastward into the Atlantic Ocean....
  
  
• Vegetation - Subcaducifólia forest
• Clima - Hot tropical and humid
• Annual average temperature - 25.3 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...
  
   - 62 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Nazaré da Mata are based in food and beverage industry, commerce

Commerce

While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...

 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...

; 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 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"...

, 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...

, goat

Goat

The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...

s and sheeps.

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...
30.185	148.466	5.084	0.25 %

Economy by Sector
2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
13.17 %	23.20 %	63.63 %

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)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.703	2	104	23.6