Santa Filomena is a city in the
state
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**Nation state, a ...
of
Pernambuco
Pernambuco ( , , ) is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, ...
,
Brazil
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. The population in 2020, according with
IBGE
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was 14,562 inhabitants and the total area is 1005.06 km².
Geography
* State -
Pernambuco
Pernambuco ( , , ) is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, ...
* Region -
Sertão
The ''sertão'' (, plural ''sertões'') is the " hinterland" or " backcountry" of Brazil. The word refers both to one of the four sub-regions of the Northeast Region of Brazil or the hinterlands of the country in general (similar to the specific ...
Pernambucano
* Boundaries -
Ouricuri (N);
Dormentes (S);
Santa Cruz (E);
Piauí
Piauí ( ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP.
Piauí has the shortest coastline of any coas ...
state (W)
* Area - 1005.06 km²
* Elevation - 630 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" comes from the Tupi word '' ka'atinga'', meaning "white forest" or "white vegetat ...
* Climate -
semi arid
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- hot and dry
* Annual average temperature - 23.9 c
* Distance to
Recife
Recife ( , ) is the Federative units of Brazil, state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North Region, Brazil, North and the Northeast R ...
- 717 km
Economy
The main economic activity in Santa Filomena is
agribusiness
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in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise.
The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit ...
, especially farming of
cattle
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,
sheep
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,
pig
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s,
goat
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly 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 ...
s,
donkeys
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,
chickens
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; and plantations of
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
bean
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s.
Economic Indicators
Economy by Sector
2006
Health Indicators
PE State site - City by city profile
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See also
* List of municipalities in Pernambuco
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Pernambuco (PE), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pernambuco is divided into 184 municipalities (plus the state district of Fernando de Noronha), which are grouped into 19 microregi ...
References
Municipalities in Pernambuco
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