Cabrobó

08°30′51″S 38°16′36″W / 8.51417°S 38.27667°W / -8.51417; -38.27667Country BrazilRegionSoutheastStatePernambucoMesoregionSão Francisco PernambucanoMicroregionPetrolinaIncorporated (municipality)September 11, 1928Government • MayorMarcilio Rodrigues CavalcanteArea • Total1,657.706 km² (640.044 sq mi)Elevation325 m (1,066 ft)Population • Total34,503 • Density8.71/km² (22.6/sq mi)DemonymCabroboense^[3]Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)CEP postal codeArea code87HDI (2010) ^[4]0.623Websitecabrobo.pe.gov.br

Cabrobó is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, 536 km away from the state's capital, Recife. The city is located just to the north of a section of the São Francisco River that contains many archipelagos.

History

The Truká people had historically occupied the Ilha da Assunção archipelago of the São Francisco River in Cabrobó municipality.^[5]

Ponti, an extinct Jê language belonging to the Jeicó group, was once spoken on an island in the São Francisco River near the city of Quebrobó (Cabrobó).^[6]

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Pernambucan San Francisco
• Boundaries - Terra Nova (N); Bahia state (S); Salgueiro and Belém de São Francisco (E); Orocó (W)
• Area - 1658.08 km²
• Elevation - 325 m
• Hydrography - Terra Nova River
• Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
• Climate - Semi arid (Sertão) hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 26.2 c
• Distance to Recife - 536 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Cabrobó are based in general commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle, pigs; and plantations of onions, cannabis, water melons and rice.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[7]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
30.432	122.201	4.236	0.20%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
14.77%	12.86%	72.37%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.677	1	45	32.3

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