Palmares, Pernambuco

Palmares Cultural House

Palmares is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the state of Pernambuco, with 63,500 inhabitants, according with IBGE 2020.[1] Its main activity is the combined field of agriculture and livestock (Portuguese: agropecuária). It received its name from the Portuguese people who named it that due to the number of palm trees in the area where run-away slaves had created approximately 16 quilombos, led by Zumbi.

Geography

Una river in Palmares

Economy

The main economic activities in Palmares are based in industry, commerce and agribusiness especially, sugarcane, bananas; and creations of cattle, horses and mules.

Economic Indicators

Population [2] GDP x(1000 R$).[3] GDP pc (R$) PE
58.819 305.367 5.391 0.50%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
5.88% 9.65% 84.47%

Health Indicators

[4]

HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.653 3 324 27.7

See also

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Palmares, page 34
  3. ^ Palmares 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ PE State site - City by city profile

8°40′58″S 35°35′31″W / 8.68278°S 35.59194°W / -8.68278; -35.59194

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