Granito

Granito Município de Granito
Municipality
Location of Granito in Pernambuco
Granito Location of Granito in Brazil
Coordinates: 07°42′57″S 39°36′54″W / 7.71583°S 39.61500°WCoordinates: 07°42′57″S 39°36′54″W / 7.71583°S 39.61500°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Founded	March 1, 1890
Government
• Mayor	Antonio Carlos Pereira (PDT, 2013–2016)
Area
• Total	522 km^2 (202 sq mi)
Elevation	447 m (1,467 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	7,251
• Density	14/km^2 (36/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Granitense
Time zone	BRT (UTC-3)
Website	granito.pe.gov.br

Granito (Granite) is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2009, according with IBGE was 7,251 inhabitants and the total area is 522 square kilometres (202 sq mi).^[1]

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Sertão Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Exu and Moreilândia (N); Parnamirim (S); Serrita (E); Bodocó (W).
• Area - 521.86 km²
• Elevation - 447 m
• Hidrography - Brigida River
• Vegetation - Caatinga
• Clima - semi arid - (Sertão) hot
• Annual average temperature - 25.4 c
• Distance to Recife - 592 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Granito are based in agribusiness, especially creation of cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, chickens; and plantations of corn.

Economic Indicators

Population [2]	GDP x(1000 R$).[3]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
6.944	19.682	2.985	0.033%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
16.28%	7.69%	76.03%

Health Indicators

^[4]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.597	1	20	28.0

References

1. "Granito" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatstica. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
2. http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdfIBGE Population Granito 2009, page 33
3. Granito 2007 GDP IBGE page 30
4. PE State site - City by city profile