title: Santa Maria da Boa Vista
text: # Santa Maria da Boa Vista
  
  Santa Maria da Boa Vista is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 42,100 and the area is 3000.77 km².
  
  ## Geography
  
  * State - Pernambuco
  * Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
  * Boundaries - Parnamirim and Santa Cruz (N); Bahia state (S); Orocó (E); Lagoa Grande (W)
  * Area - 3001.2 km²
  * Elevation - 361 m
  * Hydrography - Brigida and Garças rivers
  * Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
  * Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) - hot and dry
  * Annual average temperature - 26.0 c
  * Distance to Recife - 616 km
  
  ## Economy
  
  The main economic activities in Santa Maria da Boa Vista are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle and donkeys; and plantations of irrigated grapes, mangoes and bananas.
  
  ### Economic Indicators
  
  | Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 41.745 | 209.495 | 5.287 | 0.35% |
  
  Economy by Sector 2006
  
  | Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
  | - | - | - |
  | 41.60% | 9.80% | 48.60% |
  
  ### Health Indicators
  
  | HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 0.669 | 1 | 33 | 20.8 |
  