Itapetim

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Itapetim
Municipality
The Municipality of Itapetim
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Itapetim
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 07°22′40″S37°11′24″W / 7.37778°S 37.19000°W / -7.37778; -37.19000
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Region Northeast
State Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg Pernambuco
FoundedMarch 1, 1893
Government
   Mayor Adelmo Alves de Moura (PSB)
Area
  Total411.9 km2 (159.0 sq mi)
Elevation
637 m (2,090 ft)
Population
 (2022 [1] )
  Total13,788
  Density33.47/km2 (86.7/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)0.620 – medium [2]

Itapetim is the northernmost city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. The population in 2022, according with IBGE was 13,788 inhabitants and the total area is 411.9 km2.

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Geography

Itapetim is located in the Sertão sub-region, and has the northenmost point in the mainland Pernambuco: The village of Lagoa de Dentro, [3] also called Fava de Cheiro (2010 IBGE census) [4] or Tombador (2022 IBGE census). [5] The municipality of Itapetim is formed by three main districts: the headquarters district, São Vicente and Piedade do Ouro. [lower-alpha 1] [6]

Itapetim borders Paraíba state (N and E); São José do Egito (S); São José do Egito and Brejinho (W). According to the 2022 IBGE census, its area is 411.9 km². Itapetim also has an elevation of 637 meters and is crossed by the Pajeú River. It has a semi-arid and its biome is the Caatinga (xeric shrublands).

Itapetim
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Economy

Group of abandoned houses on an old small farm in Piedade district, Itapetim municipality. Distrito de Piedade - Itapetim 02.jpg
Group of abandoned houses on an old small farm in Piedade district, Itapetim municipality.

Main economic activity in Itapetim is agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens; and plantations of corn, and beans.

Economic Indicators

Population GDP x(1000 R$). [7] GDP pc (R$) PE
14.06340.0922.9530.07%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
15.47%9.03%75.50%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)Hospitals (2007)Hospitals beds (2007)Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.62012531.1

Notes

  1. Piedade do Ouro is classified as a district by the Itapetim Municipal Prefecture, but it is not by IBGE

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References

  1. IBGE 2022 census
  2. Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNDP
  3. "Sitio Lagoa de Dentro, Itapetim - PE". Informações do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  4. "Mapa de Itapetim (Censo IBGE de 2010)" (PDF). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2010. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  5. "Mapa de Itapetim (Censo IBGE de 2022)" (PDF). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  6. julianosbc (2023-01-09). "Itapetim". TomeConta (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  7. Itapetim 2007 GDP IBGE page 30 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  8. PE State site - City by city profile