Belém de São Francisco

Place in Northeast, Brazil

Location of Belém de São Francisco in Pernambuco

08°45′28″S 38°57′50″W / 8.75778°S 38.96389°W / -8.75778; -38.96389Country BrazilRegionNortheastState PernambucoFounded7 May 1903^[2]Government • MayorGustavo Henrique Granja Caribé^[3] (MDB) • Vice MayorBatista Cícero de Assis^[3] (AVANTE)Area • Total1,830.8 km² (706.9 sq mi)Elevation305 m (1,001 ft)Population • Total18,301^[1] • Density10/km² (30/sq mi)DemonymBelenense (Brazilian Portuguese)^[1]Time zoneUTC-03:00 (Brasília Time)Postal codeHDI (2010)0.642 – medium^[1]Websitebelemdosaofrancisco.pe.gov.br

Belém de São Francisco (Bethlehem of San Francisco) is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 20,730 and the area is 1830.81 km².^[5]

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Salgueiro (N); Bahia state (S); Itacuruba and Carnaubeira da Penha (E); Cabrobó (W)
• Area - 1830.81 km²
• Elevation - 305 m
• Hydrography - Pajeú and Terra Nova rivers
• Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
• Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 26.2 c
• Distance to Recife - 456 km

The main economic activities in Belém de São Francisco are based in general commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle, donkeys and chickens; and plantations of mangoes, onions, and rice.

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[6]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
21.342	78.820	3.836	0.13%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
20.04%	9.43%	70.54%

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.669	1	48	22.4

• Sérgia Ribeiro da Silva (1915-1994), a prominent cangaçeira