Cupira, Pernambuco

City in Pernambuco, Brazil

Place in Northeast, Brazil

Latin: Labor crescunt homines
English: People work hard^[2]

Location of Cupira in Pernambuco

08°37′01″S 35°57′00″W / 8.61694°S 35.95000°W / -8.61694; -35.95000Country BrazilRegionNortheastState PernambucoFounded29 December 1953^[1]Government • MayorJosé Maria Leite de Macedo (DEM) (2021-2024)^[4][5] • Vice MayorEduardo da Fonseca Lira (PSL) (2021-2024)^[5]Area • Total95.155 km² (36.740 sq mi)Elevation416 m (1,365 ft)Population • Total23,518^[3] • Density247.15/km² (640.1/sq mi)DemonymCupirense (Brazilian Portuguese)^[3]Time zoneUTC-03:00 (Brasília Time)Postal codeHDI (2010)0.592 – medium^[3]Websitecupira.pe.gov.br

Cupira (population 24,173)^[7] is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 105.92 sq/km of total area.

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
• Boundaries - Agrestina, Altinho and São Joaquim do Monte (N); Lagoa dos Gatos (S); Belém de Maria (E); Panelas (W).
• Area - 105.92 km²
• Elevation - 416 m
• Hydrography - Una river
• Vegetation - Subcaducifólia forest
• Annual average temperature - 23.4 c
• Distance to Recife - 170.5 km

The main economic activities in Cupira are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs; and plantations of sweet potatoes, beans and manioc.

Population [8]	GDP x(1000 R$).[9]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
22.783	72.385	3.274	0.12%

Economy by sector
2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
3.82%	10.92%	85.26%

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.606	1	29	14.0