title: Casinhas
text: # Casinhas
  
  Casinhas or little houses (population: 14,368) is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 125.28 sq/km of total area.
  
  ## Geography
  
  * State - Pernambuco
  * Region - Agreste of Pernambuco
  * Boundaries - Paraiba (N), Surubim (S) Bom Jardim and Orobó (E); Vertentes do Lério (W).
  * Area - 125.28 $km^2$
  * Elevation - 390 m
  * Hydrography - Capibaribe and Goiana Rivers
  * Vegetation - Caatinga hipoxerófila
  * Annual average temperature - 23.3 c
  * Distance to Recife - 133 km
  
  ## Economy
  
  The main economic activities in Casinhas is agribusiness, especially farming of cattle, goats and sheep.
  
  ### Economic Indicators
  
  | Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 14,368 | 38,794 | 2.642 | 0.06% |
  
  Economy by Sector 2006
  
  | Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
  | - | - | - |
  | 11.30% | 7.93% | 80.77% |
  
  ### Health Indicators
  
  | HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 0.588 | 3 | 33 | 10.5 |
  