Casinhas
# Casinhas

Casinhas or little houses (population: 14,368) is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 125.28 sq/km of total area.

## Geography

* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
* Boundaries - Paraiba (N), Surubim (S) Bom Jardim and Orobó (E); Vertentes do Lério (W).
* Area - 125.28 $km^2$
* Elevation - 390 m
* Hydrography - Capibaribe and Goiana Rivers
* Vegetation - Caatinga hipoxerófila
* Annual average temperature - 23.3 c
* Distance to Recife - 133 km

## Economy

The main economic activities in Casinhas is agribusiness, especially farming of cattle, goats and sheep.

### Economic Indicators

| Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
| - | - | - | - |
| 14,368 | 38,794 | 2.642 | 0.06% |

Economy by Sector 2006

| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
| - | - | - |
| 11.30% | 7.93% | 80.77% |

### Health Indicators

| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 0.588 | 3 | 33 | 10.5 |
