Palmares, Pernambuco
# Palmares, Pernambuco

Palmares is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, with 63,500 inhabitants, according with IBGE 2020. Its main activity is the combined field of agriculture and livestock (Portuguese: agropecuária). It received its name from the Portuguese people who named it that due to the number of palm trees in the area where run-away slaves had created approximately 16 quilombos, led by Zumbi.

## Geography

* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
* Boundaries - Bonito (N); Xexéu (S); Catende (W); Joaquim Nabuco and Água Preta (E)
* Area - 386.84 $km^2$
* Elevation - 108 m
* Hydrography - Una river
* Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
* Climate - Hot tropical and humid
* Annual average temperature - 22 c
* Distance to Recife - 120 km

## Economy

The main economic activities in Palmares are based in industry, commerce and agribusiness especially, sugarcane, bananas; and creations of cattle, horses and mules.

### Economic Indicators

| Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
| - | - | - | - |
| 58.819 | 305.367 | 5.391 | 0.50% |

Economy by Sector 2006

| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
| - | - | - |
| 5.88% | 9.65% | 84.47% |

### Health Indicators

| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 0.653 | 3 | 324 | 27.7 |
