Betânia, Pernambuco

Betânia (Bethany) is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according to IBGE, was 12,765 and the area is 1244.07 km².^[1]

The municipality contains the 1,485 hectares (3,670 acres) Maurício Dantas Private Natural Heritage Ecological Reserve, created in 1997.^[2] The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the 5,900,000-hectare Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.^[3]

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Sertão Pernambucano
Boundaries - Flores and Calumbi (N); Floresta (S); Custódia (E); Serra Talhada and Floresta (W)
Area - 1244.07 km²
Elevation - 441 m
Hydrography - Pajeú River
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
Climate - semi arid - hot and dry
Annual average temperature - 28.0 c
Distance to Recife - 391 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Betânia are based in agribusiness, especially creation of goats, cattle, sheep; and plantations of corn, tomatoes and beans.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).^[4]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
12.011	33.376	2.890	0.055%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
19.17%	7.86%	72.97%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.593	1	30	55.3

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ RPPN Reserva Ecológica Maurício Dantas (in Portuguese), ICMBio: Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, retrieved 2016-11-02
^ Mattos, Marluza (2006), Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga (in Portuguese), Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-01
^ Betânia 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ PE State site - City by city profile

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[1] IBGE 2020

[2] RPPN Reserva Ecológica Maurício Dantas (in Portuguese), ICMBio: Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, retrieved 2016-11-02

[3] Mattos, Marluza (2006), Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga (in Portuguese), Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-01

[4] Betânia 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[5] PE State site - City by city profile

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