Petrolândia

8°58′52″S 38°13′13″W / 8.981223°S 38.2202339°W / -8.981223; -38.2202339

Petrolândia (Petroland, named in honour of

.

Languages

The Kambiwá language, now extinct, was spoken in the village of Barreira in Petrolândia.^[2]

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region -
  São Francisco
  Region
• Boundaries - Floresta (N), Jatobá (S), Tacaratu (E) and Bahia state (W)
• Area - 1056.6 km²
• Elevation - 282 m
• Hydrography - Moxotó River, tributary of São Francisco River
• Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerofila
• Climate - semi-
  arid
  hot
• Annual average temperature - 25.7 c
• Main road - BR 232, BR BR 110, BR 316
• Distance to Recife - 430 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Petrolândia are based in commerce,

is the most important activity.

Transport

From 1881 to 1964 Petrolândia was the terminus of a single track railway, known as the Estrada de Ferro Paulo Afonso. This railway was constructed to bypass rapids and waterfalls on the São Francisco River by linking the upper limit of navigation of the Lower São Francisco at Piranhas, with the lower limit of navigation of the Upper São Francisco at Petrolândia.

Indicators

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[3]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
32.568	510.512	16.685	0.84%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
3.50%	73.73%	22.77%

Health Indicators

^[4]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.688	1	58	16.3

References