São José do Egito () is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2025, according with IBGE was 32,508 and the area is 774.037 km².
Geography
State - Pernambuco Region - Sertão Pernambucano Districts - São José do Egito, Bonfim and Riacho do Meio Boundaries - Brejinho and Itapetim (N); Tuparetama and Ingazeira (S); Paraíba state (E); Santa Terezinha and Tabira (W) Area - 791.9 km² Elevation - 585 m Hydrography - Pajeú River Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila Climate - semi arid - hot and dry Annual average temperature - 23.2 c Distance to Recife - 394 km
Economy
The main economic activities in São José do Egito are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens; and plantations of corn, beans and tomatoes.
Economic Indicators Population GDP x(1000 R$).S.J. do Egito 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 GDP pc (R$) PE 31,792 119.315 3,916 0.20% Economy by Sector 2006 Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector 16.45% 9.32% 74.23%
Health Indicators Source:PE State site - City by city profile HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) 0.657 2 317 24.2
See also List of municipalities in Pernambuco
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