Palmares, Pernambuco

Palmares is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, with 63,500 inhabitants, according with IBGE 2020.[1] Its main activity is the combined field of agriculture and livestock (Portuguese: agropecuária). It received its name from the Portuguese people who named it that due to the number of palm trees in the area where run-away slaves had created approximately 16 quilombos, led by Zumbi.

Palmares Cultural House

Geography
Una river in Palmares
  • State - Pernambuco
  • Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
  • Boundaries - Bonito (N); Xexéu (S); Catende (W); Joaquim Nabuco and Água Preta (E)
  • Area - 386.84 km2
  • Elevation - 108 m
  • Hydrography - Una river
  • Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
  • Climate - Hot tropical and humid
  • Annual average temperature - 22 c
  • Distance to Recife - 120 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Palmares are based in industry, commerce and agribusiness especially, sugarcane, bananas; and creations of cattle, horses and mules.

Economic Indicators
Population [2] GDP x(1000 R$).[3] GDP pc (R$) PE
58.819 305.367 5.391 0.50%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
5.88% 9.65% 84.47%

Health Indicators

[4]

HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.653 3 324 27.7

See also

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Palmares, page 34
  3. Palmares 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. PE State site - City by city profile

8°40′58″S 35°35′31″W

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