Vitória de Santo Antão

Vitória de Santo Antão is a city in the State of Pernambuco, in Brazil, located at

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

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
Boundaries - Glória do Goitá and Chã de Alegria (N); Primavera and Escada (S); Pombos (W); Moreno, Cabo de Santo Agostinho and São Lourenço da Mata (E)
Area - 371.8 sqkm
Elevation - 156 m
Hidrography - Capibaribe and Ipojuca rivers
Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
Clima - Hot tropical and humid
Annual average temperature - 24.6 c
Distance to Recife - 45 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Vitoria de Santo Antão are based in commerce, food and beverage industry (including the traditional Pitú cachaça), and primary sector especially sugarcane, lemons and cattle.

Economic Indicators

Population ^[1]	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
126.399	745.504	6.149	1.22 %

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
4.91 %	27.64 %	67.45 %

Health Indicators

^[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.663	5	494	15.6

References

^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Vitoria de Santo Antao, page 35]
^ Vitoria de Santo Antão 2007 GDP IBGE page 32
^ PE State site - City by city profile