Sertânia

Sertânia
Municipality
Sertânia Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 8°4′14″S 37°15′57″W / 8.07056°S 37.26583°WCoordinates: 8°4′14″S 37°15′57″W / 8.07056°S 37.26583°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Government
• Mayor	Gustavo Maciel Lins de Albuquerque
Area
• Total	2,421,511 km^2 (934,951 sq mi)
Elevation	558 m (1,831 ft)
Population (2013)
• Total	35,042
• Density	14,47/km^2 (3,750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	+55 81

Sertânia is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according to the IBGE, was 35.914.^[1] Its total area is 2421,51 km².

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Sertão Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Iguaraci and Paraiba state (N); Arcoverde, Buíque, Ibimirim and Tupanatinga (S); Custódia (W); Paraiba (E)
• Area - 2421.51 km²
• Elevation - 558 m
• Hidrography - Moxotó River
• Vegetation - Caatinga Hiperxerófila
• Clima - semi-arid, hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 23.7 c
• Distance to Recife - 309 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Sertânia are based in industry, commerce and agribusiness, especially the raising of cattle, sheep (over 85,000), pigs, goats (over 120,000), horses, and donkeys; and plantations of corn, tomatoes and beans.

Economic indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
35.914	114.212	3.352	0.19%

Economy by sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
13.63%	10.81%	75.56%

Health indicators

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.648	2	109	31.6

^[3]

References

1. http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Sertânia, page 34
2. Sertânia 2007 GDP IBGE page 32
3. PE State site - City by city profile