title: Tacaratu
text: # Tacaratu
  
  9°06′09″S 38°09′00″W﻿ / ﻿9.102436°S 38.150024°W﻿ / -9.102436; -38.150024
  
  Tacaratu is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE is 26,106 and the area is 1264.5 $km^2.$
  
  ## Demographics
  
  The indigenous Pankararú people live in Brejo dos Padres and other villages of Tacaratu.
  
  ## Geography
  
  * State - Pernambuco
  * Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
  * Boundaries - Floresta (N); Jatobá and Alagoas state (S); Inajá and Alagoas (E); Petrolândia (W)
  * Area - 1264.5 $km^2$
  * Elevation - 14 m
  * Hydrography - Moxotó river
  * Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
  * Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) hot and dry
  * Annual average temperature - 24.1 c
  * Distance to Recife - 458 km
  
  The municipality contains part of the 625 hectares (1,540 acres) Serra Negra Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1982.
  
  ## Economy
  
  The main economic activities in Tacaratu are based in general industry, commerce and agribusiness, especially creation of cattle, goats and sheep; and plantations of mangoes and beans.
  
  ### Economic Indicators
  
  | Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 22.231 | 52.359 | 2.548 | 0.087% |
  
  Economy by Sector 2006
  
  | Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
  | - | - | - |
  | 11.48% | 8.19% | 80.33% |
  
  ### Health Indicators
  
  | HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 0.585 | 1 | 17 | 37 |
  