São José do Egito
# São José do Egito

São José do Egito is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 34,056 and the area is 794.1 km².

## Geography

* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Sertão Pernambucano
* Districts - São José do Egito, Bonfim and Riacho do Meio
* Boundaries - Brejinho and Itapetim (N); Tuparetama and Ingazeira (S); Paraiba state (E); Santa Terezinha and Tabira (W)
* Area - 791.9 km²
* Elevation - 585 m
* Hydrography - Pajeú River
* Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
* Climate - semi arid - hot and dry
* Annual average temperature - 23.2 c
* Distance to Recife - 394 km

## Economy

The main economic activities in São José do Egito are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens; and plantations of corn, beans and tomatoes.

### Economic Indicators

| Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
| - | - | - | - |
| 31,792 | 119.315 | 3,916 | 0.20% |

Economy by Sector 2006

| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
| - | - | - |
| 16.45% | 9.32% | 74.23% |

### Health Indicators

| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 0.657 | 2 | 317 | 24.2 |
