Vertentes do Lério

Vertentes do Lério is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 7.464 inhabitants and the total area is 67.07 km².

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

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
Boundaries - Paraiba state (N); Surubim (S); Casinhas (E); Santa Maria do Cambucá (W).
Area - 67.07 km²
Elevation - 290 m
Hidrography - Capibaribe River
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
Clima - semi arid hot
Annual average temperature - 24.4 c
Distance to Recife - 143 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Vertentes do Lério are related with mineral mineral extraction industry and agribusiness, especially creations of cattle, sheeps, goats and chickens.

Economic Indicators

Population ^[1]	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
7.464	28.221	3.763	0.047 %

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
4.34 %	30.52 %	65.14 %

Health Indicators

^[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Childrens Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.563	1	9	12.9

References

^ IBGE Population 2009 Vertentes do Lério, page 35
^ Vertentes do Lério 2007 GDP IBGE page 32
^ PE State site - City by city profile