Rio Formoso
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 Rio Formoso old Colonial Houses | |
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Rio Formoso (English: River Handsome), is a municipality in Pernambuco with 23,628 inhabitants.
Geography
- State - Pernambuco
- Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
- Boundaries - Sirinhaém (N); Tamandaré (S); Gameleira (W); Tamandaré and Atlantic Ocean (E)
- Area - 239.8 km2
- Elevation - 5 m
- Vegetation - Forest Subperenifólia
- Climate - Hot tropical and humid
- Annual average temperature - 25.2 c
- Distance to Recife - 91 km
The municipality contains part of the strictly protected Saltinho Biological Reserve, a 562 hectares (1,390 acres) conservation unit created in 1983.[2]
Beaches
- Pedra beach and Reduto beach
There are the only two
sand banks and natural reefs
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Economy
The main economic activities in Rio Formoso are based in food and beverage industry and agribusiness. Especially, coconuts, sugarcane, and creations of cattle.
Economic Indicators
| Population [3] | GDP x(1000 R$).[4]
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GDP pc (R$)
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PE |
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| 21.815 | 128.391 | 6.107 | 0.21% |
Economy by Sector 2006
Primary sector
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Secondary sector
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Service sector
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| 11.74% | 40.87% | 47.39% |
Health Indicators
| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
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| 0.621 | 1 | 65 | 34.1 |
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica de Saltinho (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-17
- ^ Population 2009 Rio Formoso, page 34, IBGE
- ^ Rio Formoso 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ PE State site - City by city profile
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| Mesoregion Agreste Pernambucano |
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| Mesoregion Sao Francisco Pernambucano |
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| Mesoregion Sertão Pernambucano |
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