Jurema, Pernambuco
Jurema is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 15.552 inhabitants and the total area is 148.25 km2.
Geography
- State - Pernambuco
- Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
- Boundaries - Panelas (N); Canhotinho (S); Quipapá (E); Ibirajuba (W).
- Area - 148.25 km2
- Elevation - 723 m
- Hydrography - Mundaú and Una rivers
- Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
- Clima - Hot and humid
- Annual average temperature - 21.9 c
- Distance to Recife - 204 km
Economy
The main economic activities in Jurema are related with agribusiness, especially creations of cattle, goats, sheep, chickens; and plantations of manioc and beans.
References
- IBGE Population 2009 Angelim, page 33
- Angelim 2007 GDP IBGE page 30 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- PE State site - City by city profile
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