São José do Belmonte () is a city and municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2025, according with IBGE was 36,890 inhabitants and the total area is 1474.086 km².
Geography
State - Pernambuco Region - Sertão Pernambucano Boundaries - Paraiba and Ceará states (N); Mirandiba (S); Serra Talhada (E); Verdejante (W) Area - 1479.96 km² Elevation - 486 m Hydrography - Pajeú River Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila Climate - semi arid - (Sertão) Annual average temperature - 25.4 c Distance to Recife - 470 km
The municipality is currently divided into two districts (as of 1988), São José do Belmonte, and Bom Nome.Hisotoria, Prefeitura São José do Belmonte, Retrieved 24 April 2018 (in Portuguese)
Economy
The main economic activities in São José do Belmonte are based on industry, commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, chickens; and plantations of manioc, beans and tomatoes.
Economic Indicators Population GDP x(1000 R$).S.J. do Belmonte 2007 GDP IBGE page 32 GDP pc (R$) PE 34.118 97.342 2.976 0.17% Economy by Sector 2006 Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector 15.19% 15.76% 69.05%
Health Indicators Source:PE State site - City by city profile HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) 0.635 2 76 19.9
See also List of municipalities in Pernambuco
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