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Palmares, Pernambuco

Coordinates: 8°40′58″S 35°35′31″W / 8.68278°S 35.59194°W / -8.68278; -35.59194
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Palmares
Una River in Palmares
Una River in Palmares
Flag of Palmares
Location of Palmares in Pernambuco
Location of Palmares in Pernambuco
Palmares is located in Brazil
Palmares
Palmares
Palmares is located in South America
Palmares
Palmares
Coordinates: 8°40′58″S 35°35′31″W / 8.68278°S 35.59194°W / -8.68278; -35.59194
Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
State Pernambuco
Founded9 June 1879[2]
Government
 • MayorJosé Bartolomeu de Almeida Melo Junior (PP) (2025-2028)[3][4]
 • Vice MayorFrancisco Vieira de Melo Neto (PSDB) (2025-2028)[3][4]
Area
 • Total
339.388 km2 (131.038 sq mi)
Elevation
125 m (410 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
63.500[1]
 • Density160.82/km2 (416.5/sq mi)
DemonymPalmarense (Brazilian Portuguese)[1]
Time zoneUTC-03:00 (Brasília Time)
Postal code
55540-000, 55548-000[5]
HDI (2010)0.622 – medium[1]
Palmares Cultural House

Palmares is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the state of Pernambuco, with 63,500 inhabitants, according with IBGE 2020.[6] Its main activity is the combined field of agriculture and livestock (Portuguese: agropecuária). It received its name from the Portuguese people who named it that due to the number of palm trees in the area where run-away slaves had created approximately 16 quilombos, led by Zumbi.

Geography

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Economy

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The main economic activities in Palmares are based in industry, commerce and agribusiness especially, sugarcane, bananas; and creations of cattle, horses and mules.

Economic Indicators

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Population [7] GDP x(1000 R$).[8] GDP pc (R$) PE
58.819 305.367 5.391 0.50%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector
5.88% 9.65% 84.47%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.653 3 324 27.7

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Palmares". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  2. ^ "História & Fotos". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Eleições 2024: Junior de Beto (PP) | Candidato(a) a prefeito(a) de Palmares-PE". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Prefeito de Palmares (PE) toma posse nesta quarta (1º); veja lista de vereadores eleitos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  5. ^ "CEP Palmares/PE - Brasil". codigo-postal.org (in Brazilian Portuguese). codigo-postal.org. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  6. ^ IBGE 2020
  7. ^ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE Population 2009 Palmares, page 34
  8. ^ Palmares 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ PE State site - City by city profile