São Benedito do Sul is a city located in the state of

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the ...

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. It is located 172.5 km away from

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, the capital of the state of Pernambuco. It has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 16,069 inhabitants. Bandeira_de_São_Benedito_do_Sul_Pernambuco

Geography

* State -

* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries - Lagoa dos Gatos (N);

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

state (S);

Maraial Maraial is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in Zona da mata Pernambucana, 154 km from the state capital, Recife. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries - Jaqueira (N); Alagoas state ...

and Jaqueira (E);

Quipapá Quipapá is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 186 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE 2020) population of 26,175 inhabita ...

and Panelas (W) * Area - 156.78 km² * Elevation - 474 m * Hydrography - Una River * Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest * Climate - Hot tropical and humid * Annual average temperature - 22.9 c * Distance to

- 172.5 km

Economy

The main economic activities in São Benedito do Sul are based in

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 sugarcane,

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s; and

livestock Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to provide labor and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to anima ...

such as

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 ...

and

chickens The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domestication, domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey junglefowl, grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster ...

Economic indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health indicators

PE State site - City by city profile
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References

Municipalities in Pernambuco {{Pernambuco-geo-stub