Granito

For the Pamela Yates film, see Granito (documentary).

Granito (Granite) is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 6.944 inhabitants and the total area is 521.86 km².

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

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Sertão Pernambucano
Boundaries - Exu and Moreilândia (N); Parnamirim (S); Serrita (E); Bodocó (W).
Area - 521.86 km²
Elevation - 447 m
Hidrography - Brigida River
Vegetation - Caatinga
Clima - semi arid - (Sertão) hot
Annual average temperature - 25.4 c
Distance to Recife - 592 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Granito are based in agribusiness, especially creation of cattle, sheeps, goats, donkeys, chickens; and plantations of corn.

Economic Indicators

Population ^[1]	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
6.944	19.682	2.985	0.033 %

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
16.28 %	7.69 %	76.03 %

Health Indicators

^[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.597	1	20	28.0

References

^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population Granito 2009, page 33
^ Granito 2007 GDP IBGE page 30
^ PE State site - City by city profile