Santa Terezinha (Central northeastern portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ teɾeˈzĩj̃ɐ]) is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2025, according with IBGE was 10,487 inhabitants and the total area is 200.32 km².[1]
Geography
- State - Pernambuco
- Region - Sertão Pernambucano
- Boundaries - Paraíba state and Brejinho (N); São José do Egito and Tabira (S); São José do Egito (E); Tabira (W).
- Area - 195.58 km²
- Elevation - 813 m
- Hydrography - Pajeú River
- Vegetation - Caatinga
- Climate - Semi arid and tropical hot
- Annual average temperature - 21.7 c
- Distance to Recife - 429.5 km
Economy
The main economic activities in Santa Terezinha are based in agribusiness, especially creation of cattle, sheep, pigss, goats, chickens; and plantations of beans, corn and manioc.
Economic Indicators
Economy by Sector 2006
| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
|---|---|---|
| 12.53% | 8.98% | 78.49% |
Health Indicators
Source:[4]
| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.602 | 1 | 10 | 29.3 |
References
- 1.Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). "IBGE 2025".
- 2.http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdfIBGE Population Santa Terezinha 2009, page 35
- 3.Santa Terezinha 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- 4."PE State site - City by city profile". Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.