Flores, Pernambuco

Flores
Municipality
Location in Pernambuco state
Flores Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 7°51′57″S 37°58′30″W / 7.86583°S 37.97500°WCoordinates: 7°51′57″S 37°58′30″W / 7.86583°S 37.97500°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast Region
State	Pernambuco
Mesoregion	Sertão Pernambucano
Area
• Total	996 km^2 (385 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	22,588
• Density	23/km^2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	BRT (UTC-3)

Flores (Portuguese for "Flowers") is a municipality (município) in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population is 22,588 (2015 est.) in an area of 996 km².^[1]

Geography

• Boundaries - Paraiba state and Quixaba (N); Betânia (S); Carnaíba and Custódia (E); Triunfo and Calumbi (W)
• Elevation - 466 m
• Hydrography - Pajeú River
• Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
• Clima - Semi desertic ( Sertão) hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 25.0 c
• Distance to Recife - 385 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Flores are based in agribusiness, especially creation of cattle and their milk, goats, sheeps and plantations with beans, corn and guava (goiaba).

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
23.034	59.354	2.703	0.097%

Economy by Sector

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
20.39%	9.10%	70.51%

Health Indicators

^[3]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.613	1	22	27.5

References

1. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
2. Flores 2007 GDP IBGE page 31
3. PE State site - City by city profile