Canhotinho (''Little Left-handed'') is a city located in the state of

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. It is 223 km away from

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, capital of the

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

of Pernambuco. Canhotinho has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 24,773 inhabitants.IBGE 2020
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Geography

* State -

* Region - Agreste Pernambucano * Boundaries - Lajedo and Jurema (N);

Palmeirina Palmeirina is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located 252 km from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco, Palmeirina has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 7,600 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pernambuco * R ...

(S); Quipapá and

Alagoas Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is ...

state (E);

Angelim Angelim (''Angelinne'') is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2020, according to IBGE, was 11,226 inhabitants and the total area is 118.03 km2. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Agreste of P ...

and

Calçado Calçado is a city located in the Federative units of Brazil, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 200 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE 202 ...

(W). * Area - 423.08 km² * Elevation - 520 m * Hydrography -

Mundaú Mundaú is a village in the municipality of Trairi in the state of Ceará. It is located 130 or so kilometres from the state capital Fortaleza. Nature Most of Mundaú's original vegetation is still intact. The east and south of the village cont ...

and Una rivers * Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest * Climate - Hot and humid * Annual average temperature - 21.7 c * Distance to

- 223 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Canhotinho are based in 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 ...

, especially

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

beans A bean is the seed of some plants in the legume family (Fabaceae) used as a vegetable for human consumption or animal feed. The seeds are often preserved through drying (a ''pulse''), but fresh beans are also sold. Dried beans are tradition ...

manioc ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...

; and

livestock Livestock are the Domestication, domesticated animals that are raised in an Agriculture, agricultural setting to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, Egg as food, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The t ...

such as

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...

sheep Sheep (: sheep) or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are a domesticated, ruminant mammal 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 d ...

and

poultry Poultry () are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, Eggs as food, eggs or feathers. The practice of animal husbandry, raising poultry is known as poultry farming. These birds are most typ ...

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