title: Parnamirim, Pernambuco
text: # Parnamirim, Pernambuco
  
  Parnamirim is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 22,106 and the area is 2609.5 km². It is also, the start point of BR 232, one important federal highway.
  
  ## Geography
  
  * State - Pernambuco
  * Region - Sertão Pernambucano
  * Boundaries - Granito, Serrita and Bodocó (N); Santa Maria da Boa Vista and Orocó (S); Terra Nova and Cabrobó (E); Ouricuri and Santa Cruz (W)
  * Area - 2.608.07 km²
  * Elevation - 392 m
  * Hydrography - Brigida and Terra Nova rivers
  * Vegetation - Caatinga Hiperxerófila
  * Climate - semi arid - hot and dry
  * Annual average temperature - 26.0 c
  * Distance to Recife - 554 km
  
  ## Economy
  
  The main economic activities in Parnamirim are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens; and plantations of onions, beans and water melons.
  
  ### Economic Indicators
  
  | Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 19.850 | 68.057 | 3.542 | 0.11% |
  
  Economy by Sector 2006
  
  | Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
  | - | - | - |
  | 15.21% | 9.11% | 75.68% |
  
  ### Health Indicators
  
  | HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 0.665 | 1 | 29 | 31.5 |
  