Cabrobó

Cabrobó is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, 536 km away from the state's capital, Recife. The city is located just to the north of a section of the São Francisco River that contains many archipelagos.

History

The Truká people had historically occupied the Ilha da Assunção archipelago of the São Francisco River in Cabrobó municipality.^[5]

Ponti, an extinct Jê language belonging to the Jeicó group, was once spoken on an island in the São Francisco River near the city of Quebrobó (Cabrobó).^[6]

Geography

State - Pernambuco
Region - Pernambucan San Francisco
Boundaries - Terra Nova (N); Bahia state (S); Salgueiro and Belém de São Francisco (E); Orocó (W)
Area - 1658.08 km²
Elevation - 325 m
Hydrography - Terra Nova River
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
Climate - Semi arid (Sertão) hot and dry
Annual average temperature - 26.2 c
Distance to Recife - 536 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Cabrobó are based in general commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle, pigs; and plantations of onions, cannabis, water melons and rice.

Economic Indicators

Economy by Sector2006

Health Indicators

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References

^ "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
^ IBGE 2020
^ "IBGE - Cidades@". O Brasil Município por Município. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Retrieved 2018-01-26.
^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" [Ranking of HDI-M of Brazilian Municipalities] (PDF) (in Portuguese). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
^ "Truká". Povos Indígenas no Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
^ Cabrobó 2007 GDP IBGE page 29 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ PE State site - City by city profile