Cupira, Pernambuco

Cupira
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Etymology: Named after the Cupira ( Partamona ) bee [1]
Motto:  Latin: Labor crescunt homines English: People work hard [2]
Location of Cupira in Pernambuco
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Coordinates: 08°37′01″S35°57′00″W / 8.61694°S 35.95000°W / -8.61694; -35.95000
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Founded	29 December 1953 [1]
Government
•  Mayor	Eduardo da Fonseca Lira (UNIÃO) (2025-2028) [3] [4]
• Vice Mayor	Golbery Lopes Lins (PL) (2025-2028) [3] [4]
Area
• Total	95.155 km2 (36.740 sq mi)
Elevation	416 m (1,365 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	23,518 [5]
• Density	247.15/km2 (640.1/sq mi)
Demonym	Cupirense (Brazilian Portuguese) [5]
Time zone	UTC-03:00 (Brasília Time)
Postal code	55460-000, 55465-000 [6]
HDI (2010)	0.592 – medium [5]
Website	cupira.pe.gov.br

Cupira (population 24,173) ^[7] is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 105.92 sq/km of total area.

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
• Boundaries - Agrestina, Altinho and São Joaquim do Monte (N); Lagoa dos Gatos (S); Belém de Maria (E); Panelas (W).
• Area - 105.92 km²
• Elevation - 416 m
• Hydrography - Una river
• Vegetation - Subcaducifólia forest
• Annual average temperature - 23.4 c
• Distance to Recife - 170.5 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Cupira are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs; and plantations of sweet potatoes, beans and manioc.

Economic indicators

Population [8]	GDP x(1000 R$). [9]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
22.783	72.385	3.274	0.12%

Economy by sector
2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
3.82%	10.92%	85.26%

Health indicators

^[10]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.606	1	29	14.0

See also

• List of municipalities in Pernambuco

References

1. "História". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
2. "Descubra Cupira com o GuiaMais - Guia Mais Local". GuiaMais. GuiaMais. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
3. "Eleições 2024: Eduardo Lira (UNIÃO) | Candidato(a) a prefeito(a) de Cupira-PE". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
4. "Prefeito de Cupira (PE) toma posse nesta quarta (1º); veja lista de vereadores eleitos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
5. "Cupira". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
6. "Código Postal Cupira/PE - Brasil". Código Postal. Código Postal. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
7. IBGE 2020
8. http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Cupira, page 32
9. Cupira 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
10. PE State site - City by city profile