Riacho das Almas

Riacho das Almas (population 18.930) is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 313.99 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 - Surubim and Frei Miguelinho (N); Caruaru (S and W); Bezerros and Cumaru (E).
Area - 313.99 sqkm
Elevation - 407 m
Hidrography - Capibaribe and Ipojuca rivers
Vegetation - Caatinga hipoxerófila
Annual average temperature - 23.6 c
Distance to Recife - 152 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Riacho das Almas are related with textile industry and agribusiness, especially creations of cattle, goats, sheeps, pigs, chickens; and plantations of pineapples and manioc.

Economic Indicators

Population ^[1]	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
18.930	62.157	3.402	0.10 %

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
12.00 %	9.46 %	78.54 %

Health Indicators

^[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Childrens Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.609	1	29	10.3

References

^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Riacho das Almas, page 34]
^ Riacho das Almas 2007 GDP IBGE page 31
^ PE State site - City by city profile