Lagoa Grande, Pernambuco

Lagoa Grande is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, 665 km away from the state's capital, Recife. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 22.408 inhabitants[1] and the total area is 1852.19 km².

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Geography

Economy

The main economic activities in Lagoa Grande are based in commerce and agribusiness, especially creation of goats, sheeps, cattle, pigs, donkeys; and plantations of grapes (over than 32400 tons), tomatoes, onions, guava and mangoes.

Economic Indicators

Population GDP x(1000 R$).[2] GDP pc (R$) PE
22.408 163.859 7.757 0.27 %

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
48.85 % 7.05 % 44.10 %

Health Indicators

[3]

HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.627 1 18 29.1

References

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