Joaquim Nabuco 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...

, with an estimated population of 16,498 inhabitants as of 2009, according with IBGE

IBGE

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...

. Has a total area of 121,88 km². Joaquim Nabuco

Joaquim Nabuco

Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo was a Brazilian writer, statesman, and a leading voice in the abolitionist movement of his country.-Biography:...

 was a famous Pernambuco statesman

Statesman

A statesman is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term...

, who lived in the 19th century.

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...
  
   and Cortês
  Cortês
  Cortês is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 149 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 11.712 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - 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...
  
   and Água Preta
  Água Preta
  Água Preta is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana...
  
    (S); 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...
  
    (W); Água Preta
  Água Preta
  Água Preta is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana...
  
   and Ribeirão
  Ribeirão, Pernambuco
  Ribeirão is a city located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Located at 87 km away from Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population of 39.317 inhabitants.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco...
  
    (E)
• Area - 121.88 sqkm
• Elevation - 152 m
• Hidrography - Una and Sirinhaém River
  Sirinhaém River
  -References:*...
  
  s
• Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
• Clima - Hot tropical and humid
• Annual average temperature - 24.7 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...
  
   - 119 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Joaquim Nabuco are based in food and beverage industry 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 plantations of 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...

, manioc; and creations of 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...
16.498	65.038	4.078	0.11 %

Economy by Sector
2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
8.15 %	38.88 %	52.97 %

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)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.613	1	6	33