Santa Cruz is a city in the state of

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. The population in 2020, according with

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was 15,558 and the area is 1245.9 km². Bandeira de Santa Cruz

Geography

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* Region -

Sertão The ''sertão'' (, plural ''sertões'') is the "hinterland" or "backcountry". In Brazil, it refers both to one of the four sub-regions of the Northeast Region of Brazil (similar to the specific association of " outback" with Australia in Englis ...

Pernambucano * Boundaries -

Ouricuri Ouricuri is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of ''Sertão Pernambucano''. Ouricuri has a total area of 2,423 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 66,978 inhabitants in 2009 according to the ...

(N); Lagoa Grande (S);

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and Santa Maria da Boa Vista (E); Dormentes and Santa Filomena (W) * Area - 1255.9 km² * Elevation - 515 m * Hydrography - Brigida and Garças rivers * Vegetation -

Caatinga Caatinga (, ) is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation" (''caa'' = forest, v ...

Hiperxerófila * Climate - semi arid - hot and dry * Annual average temperature - 25.0 c * Distance to

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- 731 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Santa Cruz are based in agribusiness, especially creation of

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ma ...

sheep Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus '' Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated ...

, and plantations of

tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...

es and

manioc ''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated ...

Economic Indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health Indicators

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References

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