Pesqueira is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian municipality

Municipality

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 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...

, located at latitude

Latitude

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  08º21'28 south, longitude

Longitude

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36º41'47, at 654 meters above sea level. It had an estimated population in 2009 according to the IBGE

IBGE

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, was 64,454. Its area is 1000.2 km².

History

The municipality was created in 1762 under the name Cimbres. In 1836, the seat of the local authority was transferred from the town of Cimbres to that of Poço de Pesqueira. In 1880 the village was renamed with the saint's name Águeda de Pesqueira. In 1913 the whole municipality started to be called Pesqueira, instead of Cimbres. In 1918, the city was made the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira is a diocese located in the city of Pesqueira in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.-History:* December 5, 1910: Established as Diocese of Floresta from the Diocese of Olinda...

.

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
  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...
  
   Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Paraiba
  Paraíba
  Paraíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east...
  
   and Poção
  Poção
  Poção is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 241 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 11.503 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
    (N); Venturosa
  Venturosa
  Venturosa is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 338.12 sq/km of total area.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Agreste of Pernambuco...
  
   and Alagoinha
  Alagoinha
  Alagoinha is a Brazilian city in the state of Pernambuco. The name "Alagoinha" refers to the many small tanks, wells, cauldrons, and lagoons within the city....
  
   (S); Arcoverde
  Arcoverde
  Arcoverde is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil. It's located in the mesoregion of Sertão Pernambucano . Arcoverde has a total area of 353.4 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 68.000 inhabitants in 2009 according with IBGE.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Sertao...
  
   and Pedra
  Pedra, Pernambuco
  Pedra is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 255 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco...
  
    (W); Belo Jardim
  Belo Jardim
  Belo Jardim a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population in 2009 of 74.028. Total area of 647.7 km²...
  
  , São Bento do Una
  São Bento do Una
  São Bento do Una is a city from the Northeastern Region of Brazil at the Pernambuco state. According with IBGE, has an estimated population of 49.372 inhabitants...
  
  , Capoeiras
  Capoeiras
  Capoeiras is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 252.7 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco...
  
   and Sanharó
  Sanharo
  Sanharó is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 198 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 18.723 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
    (E)
• Area - 1000.2 sqkm
• Elevation - 654 m
• Hidrography - Ipanema, Ipojuca and Una rivers
• Vegetation - Caatinga
  Caatinga
  Caatinga is a type of vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in the northeastern part of Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation"...
  
   Hipoxerófila.
• Clima - Semi desertic, hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 22.4 c
• Main road - BR 232
• 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...
  
   - 214 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Pesqueira are based in general commerce

Commerce

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, services and primary sector.

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...
64.454	236.259	3.852	0.39 %

Economy by Sector
2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
12.06 %	10.99 %	76.95 %

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)
0.636	2	179	17.4