Tacaratu

9°06′09″S 38°09′00″W / 9.102436°S 38.150024°W / -9.102436; -38.150024

Tacaratu is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE is 26,106 and the area is 1264.5 km².^[1]

Demographics[edit]

The indigenous Pankararú people live in Brejo dos Padres and other villages of Tacaratu.^[2]^[3]

Geography[edit]

State - Pernambuco
Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
Boundaries - Floresta (N); Jatobá and Alagoas state (S); Inajá and Alagoas (E); Petrolândia (W)
Area - 1264.5 km²
Elevation - 14 m
Hydrography - Moxotó river
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) hot and dry
Annual average temperature - 24.1 c
Distance to Recife - 458 km

The municipality contains part of the 625 hectares (1,540 acres) Serra Negra Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1982.^[4]

Economy[edit]

The main economic activities in Tacaratu are based in general industry, commerce and agribusiness, especially creation of cattle, goats and sheep; and plantations of mangoes and beans.

Economic Indicators[edit]

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).^[5]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
22.231	52.359	2.548	0.087%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
11.48%	8.19%	80.33%

Health Indicators[edit]

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.585	1	17	37

References[edit]

^ IBGE 2020
^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
^ History of Tacaratu. IBGE. (in Portuguese)
^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica de Serra Negra (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-17
^ Tacaratu 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ PE State site - City by city profile

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[1] IBGE 2020

[Loukotka-2] Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.

[3] History of Tacaratu. IBGE. (in Portuguese)

[4] Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica de Serra Negra (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-17

[5] Tacaratu 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[6] PE State site - City by city profile

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