Cortês

Cortês is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is 149 km away from the state capital Recife, and has an estimated (IBGE 2020) population of 12,560 inhabitants.[1]

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
Boundaries - Gravatá (N); Joaquim Nabuco (S); Amaraji and Ribeirão (E); Bonito and Barra de Guabiraba (W)
Area - 101.33 km²
Elevation - 302 m
Hydrography - Sirinhaém River
Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
Climate - Hot tropical and humid
Annual average temperature - 23.5 c
Distance to Recife - 149 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Cortês are largely dominated by the food & beverage industry and agribusiness, especially sugarcane, bananas and cattle.

Economic indicators

Population[2]	GDP x(1000 R$).[3]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
11.712	63.717	5.485	0.10%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
13.16%	27.30%	59.54%

Health indicators

[4]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.582	1	23	26.5

References

IBGE 2020
http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Cortês, page 32]
Cortês 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
PE State site - City by city profile

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] IBGE 2020

[2] ttp://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Cortês, page 32]

[3] Cortês 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[4] PE State site - City by city profile