Itacuruba
# Itacuruba

Itacuruba is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE is 4,966 inhabitants and the total area is 430 $km^2.$

## Geography

* State - Pernambuco
* Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
* Boundaries - Belém de São Francisco (N and W); Bahia state (S); Floresta (E).
* Area - 430.01 $km^2$
* Elevation - 600 m
* Hydrography - Pajeú da caixa prego
* Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
* Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) hot
* Annual average temperature - 26.1 °C
* Distance to Recife - 900.8 km

## Economy

The main economic activities in Itacuruba are based in agribusiness, especially creation of sheep, goats, cattle, chickens; and plantations of onions and tomatoes.

### Economic Indicators

| Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
| - | - | - | - |
| 60.875 | 19.376 | 4.729 | 0.033% |

Economy by Sector 2006

| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
| - | - | - |
| 18.74% | 9.06% | 72.20% |

### Health Indicators

| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 0.684 | 1 | 8 | 20.2 |
