São José do Belmonte

São José do Belmonte is a city and municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 34,021 inhabitants and the total area is 1474.09 km².[1]

Location of São José do Belmonte in Pernambuco
Castelo Armorial Reino Encantado in São José do Belmonte

Geography
  • State - Pernambuco
  • Region - Sertão Pernambucano
  • Boundaries - Paraiba and Ceará states (N); Mirandiba (S); Serra Talhada (E); Verdejante (W)
  • Area - 1479.96 km²
  • Elevation - 486 m
  • Hydrography - Pajeú River
  • Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
  • Climate - semi arid - (Sertão)
  • Annual average temperature - 25.4 c
  • Distance to Recife - 470 km

The municipality is currently divided into two districts (as of 1988), São José do Belmonte, and Bom Nome.[2]

Economy

The main economic activities in São José do Belmonte are based on industry, commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, chickens; and plantations of manioc, beans and tomatoes.

Economic Indicators
Population GDP x(1000 R$).[3] GDP pc (R$) PE
34.118 97.342 2.976 0.17%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
15.19% 15.76% 69.05%

Health Indicators

[4]

HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.635 2 76 19.9

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Hisotoria, Prefeitura São José do Belmonte, Retrieved 24 April 2018 (in Portuguese)
  3. S.J. do Belmonte 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. PE State site - City by city profile

7°51′39″S 38°45′36″W

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