Tacaratu
# Tacaratu

9°06′09″S 38°09′00″W﻿ / ﻿9.102436°S 38.150024°W﻿ / -9.102436; -38.150024

Tacaratu is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE is 26,106 and the area is 1264.5 $km^2.$

## Demographics

The indigenous Pankararú people live in Brejo dos Padres and other villages of Tacaratu.

## Geography

* State - Pernambuco
* Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
* Boundaries - Floresta (N); Jatobá and Alagoas state (S); Inajá and Alagoas (E); Petrolândia (W)
* Area - 1264.5 $km^2$
* Elevation - 14 m
* Hydrography - Moxotó river
* Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
* Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) hot and dry
* Annual average temperature - 24.1 c
* Distance to Recife - 458 km

The municipality contains part of the 625 hectares (1,540 acres) Serra Negra Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1982.

## Economy

The main economic activities in Tacaratu are based in general industry, commerce and agribusiness, especially creation of cattle, goats and sheep; and plantations of mangoes and beans.

### Economic Indicators

| Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
| - | - | - | - |
| 22.231 | 52.359 | 2.548 | 0.087% |

Economy by Sector 2006

| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
| - | - | - |
| 11.48% | 8.19% | 80.33% |

### Health Indicators

| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 0.585 | 1 | 17 | 37 |
