Barreiros, Pernambuco
# Barreiros, Pernambuco

Barreiros (Barriers) is a municipality in Pernambuco with 42,764 inhabitants.

## Geography

* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
* Boundaries - Tamandaré (N); Alagoas state and São José da Coroa Grande (S); Água Preta (W); Atlantic Ocean (E)
* Area - 233.37 $km^2$
* Elevation - 22m
* Vegetation - Forest Subperenifólia
* Clima - Hot tropical and humid
* Annual average temperature - 24.9C
* Distance to Recife - 106 km

## Economy

The main economic activities in Barreiros are based in commerce, tourism and agribusiness. Especially coconuts, manioc, sugarcane, bananas; and creations of cattle and buffalos.

### Economic indicators

| Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
| - | - | - | - |
| 43,911 | 136.097 | 3.260 | 0.222% |

Economy by sector 2006

| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
| - | - | - |
| 8.68% | 10.81% | 80.51% |

### Health indicators

| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 0.635 | 3 | 211 | 21.1 |

## Notable people

* Irandhir Santos, actor
