Cortês
# Cortês

Cortês is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is 149 km away from the state capital Recife, and has an estimated (IBGE 2020) population of 12,560 inhabitants.

## Geography

* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
* Boundaries - Gravatá (N); Joaquim Nabuco (S); Amaraji and Ribeirão (E); Bonito and Barra de Guabiraba (W)
* Area - 101.33 $km^2$
* Elevation - 302 m
* Hydrography - Sirinhaém River
* Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
* Climate - Hot tropical and humid
* Annual average temperature - 23.5 c
* Distance to Recife - 149 km

## Economy

The main economic activities in Cortês are largely dominated by the food & beverage industry and agribusiness, especially sugarcane, bananas and cattle.

### Economic indicators

| Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
| - | - | - | - |
| 11.712 | 63.717 | 5.485 | 0.10% |

Economy by Sector 2006

| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
| - | - | - |
| 13.16% | 27.30% | 59.54% |

### Health indicators

| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 0.582 | 1 | 23 | 26.5 |
