Petrolândia is a town 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...

. It is in the São Francisco Region. Petrolândia has a total area of 1056.6 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 32.568 inhabitants in 2009 according with IBGE

IBGE

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. It has one of the largest GDP percapita of Sertão

Sertão

In Portuguese, the word sertão first referred to the vast hinterlands of Asia that Lusitanian explorers encountered. In Brazil, the geographical term referred to backlands away from the Atlantic coastal regions where the Portuguese first settled in South America in the early sixteenth century...

 due to the location of one hydroelectric power plant, property of CHESF

CHESF

CHESF generates and transmits electric power from hydroelectric plants to all of the cities in northeast of Brazil....

.

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 - São Francisco
  São Francisco River
  The São Francisco is a river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil...
  
   Region
• Boundaries - Floresta
  Floresta
  Floresta refers to several locations:*Floresta, Pernambuco is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil*Floresta, Boyacá is a municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia*Floresta, Buenos Aires is a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina...
  
   (N), Jatobá
  Jatobá, Pernambuco
  Jatobá is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 14.425 inhabitants and the total area is 277.86 km².-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - São Francisco Pernambucano...
  
   (S), Tacaratu
  Tacaratu
  Tacaratu is a town in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE is 22,231 and the area is 1264.5 km².-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - São Francisco Pernambucano...
  
   (E) and Bahia
  Bahia
  Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
  
   state (W)
• Area - 1056.6 sqkm
• Elevation - 282 m
• Hidrography - Moxotó River
  Moxotó River
  The Moxotó River is a tributary of the São Francisco River in northeastern Brazil. The Moxotó originates on the Borborema Plateau in Pernambuco state, and flows southwest to join the São Francisco. The lower portion of the river forms the border between Pernambuco state to the west and Alagoas...
  
  , tributary of São Francisco River
  São Francisco River
  The São Francisco is a river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil...
  
  
• 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"...
  
   hiperxerofila
• Clima - semi-arid
  Arid
  A region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or even preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life...
  
   hot
• Annual average temperature - 25.7 c
• Main road - BR 232, BR BR 110, BR 316
• 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...
  
   - 430 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Petrolândia are based in commerce, energy

Energy

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 and transportation industry, plus primary sector especially fruits such as coconut

Coconut

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s, bananas, goiaba; and creations of goats, sheeps, bull

Bull

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s and chickens. The energy sector due to the presence of Chesf

CHESF

CHESF generates and transmits electric power from hydroelectric plants to all of the cities in northeast of Brazil....

 its the most important activity.

Transport

From 1881 to 1964 Petrolândia was the terminus of a single track railway, known as the Estrada de Ferro Paulo Afonso. This railway was constructed to bypass rapids and waterfalls on the São Francisco River

São Francisco River

The São Francisco is a river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil...

 by linking the upper limit of navigation of the Lower São Francisco at Piranhas

Piranhas

Piranhas is a historic city and municipality in the western of the State of Alagoas, in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Located on the bank of the São Francisco River, just at the border with the State of Sergipe, Piranhas was founded in 1891 and originally named Floriano Peixoto...

, with the lower limit of navigation of the Upper São Francisco at Petrolândia.

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...
32.568	510.512	16.685	0.84 %

Economy by Sector
2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
3.50 %	73.73 %	22.77 %

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)
0.688	1	58	16.3