Santa Maria da Boa Vista

Santa Maria da Boa Vista is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 42,100 and the area is 3000.77 km².

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Parnamirim and Santa Cruz (N); Bahia state (S); Orocó (E); Lagoa Grande (W)
• Area - 3001.2 km²
• Elevation - 361 m
• Hydrography - Brigida and Garças rivers
• Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
• Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) - hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 26.0 c
• Distance to Recife - 616 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Santa Maria da Boa Vista are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle and donkeys; and plantations of irrigated grapes, mangoes and bananas.

Economic Indicators

Economy by Sector 2006

Health Indicators

See also

• List of municipalities in Pernambuco

References