Trindade, Pernambuco
Trindade is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 26.250 inhabitants and the total area is 229.57 km².
Geography
- State - Pernambuco
- Region - Sertão Pernambucano
- Boundaries - Araripina (N and W); Ouricuri (S); Ouricuri and Ipubi (E).
- Area - 229.57 km²
- Elevation - 518 m
- Hydrography - Brigida River
- Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
- Climate - semi arid - (Sertão) hot
- Annual average temperature - 24.9 c
- Distance to Recife - 645 km
Economy
The main economic activities in Trindade are based in no metallic (gypsum) industry, commerce and agribusiness, especially creation of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, chickens; and plantations of manioc. Trindade is located in the micro region of Araripina, which contains 95% of the Brazilian reserves of gypsum.
References
- http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdfIBGE Population Trindade 2009, page 35
- Trindade 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- PE State site - City by city profile
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