Cortês
Appearance
Cortês | |
|---|---|
Location of Cortês in Pernambuco | |
| Coordinates: 8°28′12″S 35°32′27″W / 8.47000°S 35.54083°W | |
| Country | |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | |
| Founded | 29 December 1953[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maria de Fatima Cysneiros Sampaio Borba (PSDB) (2025-2028)[2][3] |
| • Vice Mayor | Antonio Mauro da Costa (Republicanos) (2025-2028)[2][3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 103.416 km2 (39.929 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 302 m (991 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 10,198 |
| 10,426 | |
| • Density | 99.15/km2 (256.8/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Cortesense (Brazilian Portuguese)[4] |
| Time zone | UTC-03:00 (Brasília Time) |
| Postal code | 55525-000[6] |
| HDI (2010) | 0.568 – medium[4] |
| Website | cortes.pe.gov.br |
Cortês (Central northeastern portuguese pronunciation: [koɦˈtejs]) is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is 149 km away from the state capital Recife, and has an estimated (IBGE 2020) population of 12,560 inhabitants.[7]
Geography
[edit]- State - Pernambuco
- Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
- Boundaries - Gravatá (N); Joaquim Nabuco (S); Amaraji and Ribeirão (E); Bonito and Barra de Guabiraba (W)
- Area - 101.33 km2
- Elevation - 302 m
- Hydrography - Sirinhaém River
- Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest
- Climate - Hot tropical and humid
- Annual average temperature - 23.5 c
- Distance to Recife - 149 km
Economy
[edit]The main economic activities in Cortês are largely dominated by the food & beverage industry and agribusiness, especially sugarcane, bananas and cattle.
Economic indicators
[edit]| Population[8] | GDP x(1000 R$).[9] | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.712 | 63.717 | 5.485 | 0.10% |
Economy by Sector 2006
| Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
|---|---|---|
| 13.16% | 27.30% | 59.54% |
Health indicators
[edit]| HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.582 | 1 | 23 | 26.5 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "História & Fotos". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- 1 2 "Eleições 2024: Fatima Borba (PSDB) | Candidato(a) a prefeito(a) de Cortês-PE". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- 1 2 "Prefeita de Cortês (PE) toma posse nesta quarta (1º); veja lista de vereadores eleitos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Cortês". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ↑ Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). "IBGE 2025".
- ↑ "CEP Cortês/PE - Brasil". codigo-postal.org (in Brazilian Portuguese). codigo-postal.org. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ↑ IBGE 2020
- ↑ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdfIBGE Population 2009 Cortês, page 32]
- ↑ Cortês 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ PE State site - City by city profile