Ouricuri is a city in the state of

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. 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

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Geography

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Pernambucano * Boundaries - Araripina, Trindade and

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state (W) * Area - 2,423 km² * Elevation - 451 m * Hydrography - Brigida River * Vegetation -

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* Climate - Semi-arid ( Sertao) hot and dry * Annual average temperature - 25.5 c * Main road - BR 232 and BR 316 * Distance to

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Climate

Economy

The main economic activities in Ouricuri are based in extraction of gypsum and no metallic minerals, and primary sector especially creation of goats, donkeys, pigs and farms with beans, manioc and corn. Ouricuri is located in the micro region of Araripina which contains 95% of the Brazilian reserves of

Gypsum Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate Hydrate, dihydrate, with the chemical formula . It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, drywall and blackboard or sidewalk ...

Economic Indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health Indicators

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/ref> The institutions that is responsible for public healthcare in Ouricuri and region of the Araripe are; Municipal Health Secretary of Ouricuri (SMSO), Intermunicipal Health Consortium of Pernambuco (CIAPE)

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