Cabrobó is a city in the
Brazilian state of
Pernambuco, 536 km away from the state's capital,
Recife. The city is located just to the north of a section of the
São Francisco River
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that contains many archipelagos.
History
The
Truká people had historically occupied the
Ilha da Assunção archipelago of the
São Francisco River
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in Cabrobó municipality.
Ponti, an extinct
Jê language Jê or Gê may refer to:
*Jê languages
*Jê peoples
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belonging to the
Jeicó group, was once spoken on an island in the
São Francisco River
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near the city of Quebrobó (Cabrobó).
Geography
* State -
Pernambuco
* Region -
Pernambucan San Francisco
* Boundaries -
Terra Nova (N); Bahia state (S);
Salgueiro
Salgueiro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of '' Sertão Pernambucano'' . Salgueiro covers an area of 1687 square kilometers and had in 2020 an estimated population of 61,249 inhabitants.
It is the see city of th ...
and
Belém de São Francisco (E);
Orocó (W)
* Area - 1658.08 km²
* Elevation - 325 m
* Hydrography -
Terra Nova River
* Vegetation -
Caatinga hiperxerófila.
* Climate -
Semi arid (
Sertão) hot and dry
* Annual average temperature - 26.2 c
* Distance to
Recife - 536 km
Economy
The main economic activities in Cabrobó are based in general commerce and
agribusiness
Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy,
in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise.
The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...
, especially farming of
goats,
sheep,
cattle,
pigs; and plantations of
onions,
cannabis,
water melons and
rice.
Economic Indicators
Economy by Sector
2006
Health Indicators
PE State site - City by city profile
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References
Municipalities in Pernambuco
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