Cabrobó

Cabrobó
Municipality
Flag of Cabrobó
Flag
Official seal of Cabrobó
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Location in Pernambuco
Location in Pernambuco
Cabrobó is located in Brazil
Cabrobó
Cabrobó
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 08°30′51″S 38°16′36″W / 8.51417°S 38.27667°W / -8.51417; -38.27667
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
StatePernambuco
MesoregionSão Francisco Pernambucano
MicroregionPetrolina
Incorporated (municipality)September 11, 1928
Government
 • MayorMarcilio Rodrigues Cavalcante
Area
[1]
 • Total1,657.706 km2 (640.044 sq mi)
Elevation
325 m (1,066 ft)
Population
 (2020 [2])
 • Total34,503
 • Density8.71/km2 (22.6/sq mi)
DemonymCabroboense[3]
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
CEP postal code
56180-000
Area code87
HDI (2010) [4]0.623
Websitecabrobo.pe.gov.br

Cabrobó is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, 536 km away from the state's capital, Recife. The city is located just to the north of a section of the São Francisco River that contains many archipelagos.

History

The Truká people had historically occupied the Ilha da Assunção archipelago of the São Francisco River in Cabrobó municipality.[5]

Ponti, an extinct Jê language belonging to the Jeicó group, was once spoken on an island in the São Francisco River near the city of Quebrobó (Cabrobó).[6]

Geography

Economy

The main economic activities in Cabrobó are based in general commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle, pigs; and plantations of onions, cannabis, water melons and rice.

Economic Indicators

Population GDP x(1000 R$).[7] GDP pc (R$) PE
30.432 122.201 4.236 0.20%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
14.77% 12.86% 72.37%

Health Indicators

[8]

HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.677 1 45 32.3

References

  1. ^ "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ "IBGE - Cidades@". O Brasil Município por Município. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  4. ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" [Ranking of HDI-M of Brazilian Municipalities] (PDF) (in Portuguese). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  5. ^ "Truká". Povos Indígenas no Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  7. ^ Cabrobó 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ PE State site - City by city profile


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