Arcoverde

Arcoverde (Green Arch) is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is 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 ^[1] in 2009 according with IBGE.

File:Bandeira de Arcoverde 2009.jpg

Municipal flag.

Geography

Arcoverde is located in the Sertao of Pernambuco state. The municipality has the following data:

Boundaries - Paraiba (N); Buíque and Pedra (S), Pesqueira (E), Sertânia (W)
Area - 353.4 km²
Elevation - 663 m
Hidrography - Ipanema, Ipojuca and Moxotó rivers
Vegetation - Caatinga.
Clima - Semi desertic, ( Sertao) - hot and dry
Annual average temperature - 22.4 c
Main road - BR 232
Distance to Recife - 254 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Arcoverde are based in general commerce, services and primary sector.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
68.000	290.529	4.479	0.48%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
3.87%	11.59%	84.54%

Health Indicators

^[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.708	2	282	38.4

References

^ "Estimativa das Populações Residentes" (PDF) (in Portuguese). IBGE. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
^ Arcoverde 2007 GDP IBGE pag 29
^ PE State site - City by city profile

8°25′08″S 37°03′14″W / 8.41889°S 37.05389°W / -8.41889; -37.05389

This Pernambuco, Brazil location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Estimativa das Populações Residentes" (PDF) (in Portuguese). IBGE. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

[2] Arcoverde 2007 GDP IBGE pag 29

[3] PE State site - City by city profile

[1]

[2]

[3]