Vicência

City in Pernambuco State, Brazil
Bust of Vicência Barbosa de Melo (ex-owner of the city)

Vicência is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is 81 km away from the state capital Recife. It has an estimated (IBGE 2020) population of 32,772 inhabitants.[1]

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Geography

Typical Baobab tree, often saw in Pernambuco
  • State - Pernambuco
  • Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
  • Boundaries - Timbaúba and Macaparana (N); Limoeiro and Buenos Aires (S); Aliança (E); Bom Jardim and São Vicente Ferrer (W)
  • Area - 230.82 km2
  • Elevation - 119 m
  • Hydrography - Goiana River
  • Vegetation - Subcaducifólia forest
  • Climate - Hot tropical and humid
  • Annual average temperature - 25.3 c
  • Distance to Recife - 81 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Vicência are based in food & beverage industry and agribusiness, especially sugarcane, bananas; and livestock such as cattle and poultry.

Economic indicators

Population[2] GDP x(1000 R$).[3] GDP pc (R$) PE
27.877 125.629 4.592 0.21%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
33.59% 14.29% 52.12%

Health indicators

[4]

HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.644 2 78 14.5

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdfIBGE Population 2009 Vicência, page 35]
  3. ^ Vicência 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ PE State site - City by city profile Archived August 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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7°40′S 35°20′W / 7.667°S 35.333°W / -7.667; -35.333

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