Catende is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian municipality in the state of Pernambuco

Pernambuco

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...

. Has an estimated population in 2009 of 35.251 inhabitants in a total area of 206.92 km². The economy is based on the cultivation of sugarcane and the production of derived products (sugar

Sugar

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...

 and ethanol

Ethanol

Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug and one of the oldest recreational drugs. Best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, it is also used in thermometers, as a...

). Catende used to boast the world's largest sugar mill.

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
  Pernambuco
  Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
  
  
• Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
  Zona da Mata (coastal)
  The Zona da Mata is the narrow coastal plain between the Atlantic Ocean and the dry agreste and sertão regions in the northeastern Brazilian states of Maranhão, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia....
  
  
• Boundaries - Bonito
  Bonito, Pernambuco
  Bonito is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco.Has 399.5 sq/km of total area.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Agreste of Pernambuco...
  
    (N); Palmares
  Palmares, Pernambuco
  Palmares is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, with 58.819 inhabitants, according with IBge 2009. Its main activity is the combined field of agriculture and livestock...
  
    (E); Maraial
  Maraial
  Maraial is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in Zona da mata Pernambucana at 154 km of the state capital Recife.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana...
  
   and Jaqueira
  Jaqueira
  Jaqueira is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 147 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 12.642 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
    (S); Belém de Maria
  Belém de Maria
  Belém de Maria is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 150 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco...
  
    (W)
• Area - 206.92 sqkm
• Elevation - 168 m
• Hidrography - Una river
• Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
• Clima - Hot tropical and humid
• Annual average temperature - 24.8 c
• Distance to Recife
  Recife
  Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
  
   - 137 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Catende are based in industry, commerce and agribusiness

Agribusiness

In agriculture, agribusiness is a generic term for the various businesses involved in food production, including farming and contract farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales....

 especially sugarcane

Sugarcane

Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...

 and cattle

Cattle

Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...

.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).	GDP pc (R$)	PE Pernambuco Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
35.251	116.847	3.490	0.194 %

Economy by Sector

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
4.99 %	23.62 %	71.39 %

Health Indicators

HDI Human Development Index The Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries... (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Childrens Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.644	1	25	39.1