Flores, Pernambuco

Flores
Flores
Municipality
	Flag Seal
	Location in Pernambuco state
	Flores Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 7°51′57″S 37°58′30″W / 7.86583°S 37.97500°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Mesoregion	Sertão Pernambucano
Area
• Total	996 km2 (385 sq mi)
Population (2020 )
• Total	22,618
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Flores (Portuguese for "Flowers") is a municipality (município) in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population is 22,618 (2020 est.) in an area of 996 km².

Geography[edit]

Boundaries - Paraiba state and Quixaba (N); Betânia (S); Carnaíba and Custódia (E); Triunfo and Calumbi (W)
Elevation - 466 m
Hydrography - Pajeú River
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
Clima - Semi desertic ( Sertão) hot and dry
Annual average temperature - 25.0 c
Distance to Recife - 385 km

Economy[edit]

The main economic activities in Flores are based in agribusiness, especially creation of cattle and their milk, goats, sheep and plantations with beans, corn and guava (goiaba).

Economic Indicators[edit]

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
23.034	59.354	2.703	0.097%

Economy by Sector

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
20.39%	9.10%	70.51%

Health Indicators[edit]

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.613	1	22	27.5

References[edit]

^ IBGE 2020
^ Flores 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ PE State site - City by city profile

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[1] IBGE 2020

[2] Flores 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[3] PE State site - City by city profile

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