Arcoverde
# Arcoverde

Arcoverde (Green Bow) is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of Sertão Pernambucano . Arcoverde has a total area of 353.4 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 74,822 inhabitants in 2020 according with IBGE.

## Geography

Arcoverde is located in the Sertao of Pernambuco state. The municipality has the following data:

* Boundaries - Paraíba (N); Buíque and Pedra (S), Pesqueira (E), Sertânia (W)
* Area - 353.4 $km^2$
* Elevation - 663 m
* Hydrography - Ipanema, Ipojuca and Moxotó rivers
* Vegetation - Caatinga.
* Climate - Semi desertic, ( Sertao) - hot and dry
* Annual average temperature - 22.4 c
* Main road - BR 232
* Distance to Recife - 254 km

## Economy

The main economic activities in Arcoverde are based in general commerce, services and primary sector.

### Economic Indicators

| Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
| - | - | - | - |
| 68.000 | 290.529 | 4.479 | 0.48% |

Economy by Sector 2006

| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
| - | - | - |
| 3.87% | 11.59% | 84.54% |

### Health Indicators

| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 0.708 | 2 | 282 | 38.4 |
