Primavera, Pernambuco
Encyclopedia
Primavera 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 81.6 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 12.364 inhabitants. Its name means spring in portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

.

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 - Pombos
    Pombos
    Pombos is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. According with IBGE, has an estimated population of 22.120 inhabitants in 2009.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana...

     and Chã Grande
    Chã Grande
    Chã Grande is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 80 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 17.924 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...

      (N); Ribeirão
    Ribeirão, Pernambuco
    Ribeirão is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 87 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 39.317 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...

      (S); Escada
    Escada, Pernambuco
    Escada is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, with 62.604 inhabitants according with IBge 2009.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana...

      and 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); Amaraji
    Amaraji
    Amaraji is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.Has an estimated population of 20.509 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana...

      (W)
  • Area - 109.94 km2
  • Elevation - 129 m
  • Hidrography - Sirinhaém
    Sirinhaém River
    -References:*...

     and Ipojuca rivers
    Ipojuca River
    -References:*...

  • Vegetation - Subcaducifólia forest
  • Clima - Hot tropical and humid
  • Annual average temperature - 24.7 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...

     - 81.6 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Primavera are largely dominated by the food & beverage industry (81%) 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...

, passion fruits and 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...

.

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...

12.364 61.395 5.180 0.10 %

Economy by Sector
2006
Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
19.02 % 33.16 % 47.82 %

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)
0.632 1 4 14.0
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