Pedra is a city located 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...

, 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...

. Located at 255 km away from 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...

, capital of the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated (Ibge 2009

IBGE

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

) population of 20.788 inhabitants.

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 - Agreste Pernambucano
  Agreste
  In Brazil, the agreste is a narrow zone in the states of Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia between the coastal forest zona da mata and the semiarid sertão...
  
  
• Boundaries - Arcoverde
  Arcoverde
  Arcoverde is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil. It's located in the mesoregion of Sertão Pernambucano . Arcoverde has a total area of 353.4 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 68.000 inhabitants in 2009 according with IBGE.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Sertao...
  
   and Pesqueira  (N); Águas Belas
  Águas Belas
  Águas Belas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco.-History:The region where Águas Belas is located was originally inhabited by the Tupiniquim, who where expelled by the Carajó tribe. The first Europeans arrived around 1700...
  
    (S); Caetés
  Caetés, Pernambuco
  Caetés is a Brazilian small city located within the state of Pernambuco, in northeastern Brazil. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Agreste Pernambucano and microregion of Garanhuns. It is the birthplace of former president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...
  
  , Paranatama
  Paranatama
  Paranatama is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 12.441 and the total area is 230.88 km2.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Agreste of Pernambuco...
  
   and Venturosa
  Venturosa
  Venturosa is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 338.12 sq/km of total area.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Agreste of Pernambuco...
  
    (E); Buique
  Buíque
  Buíque is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco, mesoregion of Agreste. Has an estimated population of 53.272 in a total territory of 1345,1 km2.-History:...
  
    (W)
• Area - 803.02 km²
• Elevation - 593 m
• Hidrography - Ipanema River
  Ipanema River
  -References:*...
  
  
• Vegetation - Caatinga
  Caatinga
  Caatinga is a type of vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in the northeastern part of Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation"...
  
   Hipoxerófila
• Clima - Semi arid - hot
• Annual average temperature - 22.9 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...
  
   - 255.4 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Pedra are based in 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 manioc, beans, tomatoes, corn

Maize

Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...

; and livestock

Livestock

Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...

 such as 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...

, pigs

PIGS

PIGS is a four letter acronym that can stand for:* PIGS , Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class S, a human gene* PIGS , the economies of Portugal, Italy , Greece and Spain...

, sheeps, goats, horses and chickens.

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...
20.788	91.010	4.521	0.15 %

Economy by Sector
2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
30.53 %	10.35 %	59.12 %

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)
0.601	1	24	40.4