Ouricuri () is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of Sertão Pernambucano. According to the IBGE, in 2025, Ouricuri has a total area of 2,381 square kilometers and had an estimated population of 68,489 inhabitants .
Geography
State - Pernambuco Region - Sertão Pernambucano Boundaries - Araripina, Trindade and Ipubi (N), Santa Cruz and Santa Filomena (S), Parnamirim and Bodocó (E), Piauí state (W) Area - 2,423 km2 Elevation - 451 m Hydrography - Brigida River Vegetation - Caatinga Climate - Semi-arid (Sertao) hot and dry Annual average temperature - 25.5 c Main road - BR 232 and BR 316 Distance to Recife - 621 km
Climate
Economy
The main economic activities in Ouricuri are based in extraction of gypsum and no metallic minerals, and primary sector especially creation of goats, donkeys, pigs and farms with beans, manioc and corn. Ouricuri is located in the micro region of Araripina which contains 95% of the Brazilian reserves of Gypsum.
Economic Indicators Population GDP x(1000 R$).Ouricuri 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 GDP pc (R$) PE 66.978 200.880 3.186 0.33% Economy by Sector 2006 Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector 6.51% 17.42% 76.07%
Health Indicators
HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) 0.614 2 165 27.4 The institutions that is responsible for public healthcare in Ouricuri and region of the Araripe are; Municipal Health Secretary of Ouricuri (SMSO), Intermunicipal Health Consortium of Pernambuco (CIAPE)
See also List of municipalities in Pernambuco
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