Bom Conselho

Bom Conselho (Good Advice) is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 786.2 sq/km of total area.

1 Geography
2 Economy
- 2.1 Economic Indicators
- 2.2 Health Indicators
3 References

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
Boundaries - Saloá and Terezinha (N); Alagoas state (S); Lagoa do Ouro (E); Iati (W).
Area - 786.2 sqkm
Elevation - 654 m
Hidrography - Ipanema River
Vegetation - Caatinga Hipoxerófila
Annual average temperature - 22.0 c
Distance to Recife - 266 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Bom Conselho are related with commerce and agribusiness, especially creations of cattle, pigs, sheeps, horses; and plantations of sweet potatoes, beans and bananas.

Economic Indicators

Population ^[1]	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
45.250	150.992	3.479	0.25 %

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
21.04 %	8.62 %	70.34 %

Health Indicators

^[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Childrens Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.572	1	47	30.1

References

^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Bom Conselho, page 32]
^ Bom Conselho 2007 GDP IBGE page 29
^ PE State site - City by city profile