Brejinho

Municipality in Pernambuco state, Brazil

Place in Northeast, Brazil

Location of Brejinho in Pernambuco

7°20′50″S 37°17′13″W / 7.34722°S 37.28694°W / -7.34722; -37.28694Country BrazilRegionNortheastState PernambucoFounded20 December 1963^[2]Government • MayorGilsomar Bento da Costa^[3] (Republicanos) • Vice MayorJosinaldo Alves da Costa^[3] (PODE)Area • Total106.039 km² (40.942 sq mi)Elevation737 m (2,418 ft)Population • Total7,720^[1] • Density72.80/km² (188.6/sq mi)DemonymBreijinhense (Brazilian Portuguese)^[1]Time zoneUTC-03:00 (Brasília Time)Postal codeHDI (2010)0.574 – medium^[1]Websitebrejinho.pe.gov.br^{[dead link]}

Brejinho (Little Swamp) is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according to IBGE was 7,488 and the area is 106.3 km².^[5]

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Sertão Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Paraíba state (N and W); São José do Egito and Terezinha (S); Itapetim (E).
• Area - 106.3 km²
• Elevation - 737 m
• Hydrography - Pajeú River
• Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila
• Climate - semi arid - hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 22.5 c
• Distance to Recife - 410 km

The main economic activity in Brejinho is agribusiness, especially the breeding of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, chickens; and planting of corn and beans.

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[6]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
7.369	21.814	3.047	0.035%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
14.01%	9.13%	76.86%

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.586	1	7	--