title: Barreiros, Pernambuco
text: # Barreiros, Pernambuco
  
  Barreiros (Barriers) is a municipality in Pernambuco with 42,764 inhabitants.
  
  ## Geography
  
  * State - Pernambuco
  * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
  * Boundaries - Tamandaré (N); Alagoas state and São José da Coroa Grande (S); Água Preta (W); Atlantic Ocean (E)
  * Area - 233.37 $km^2$
  * Elevation - 22m
  * Vegetation - Forest Subperenifólia
  * Clima - Hot tropical and humid
  * Annual average temperature - 24.9C
  * Distance to Recife - 106 km
  
  ## Economy
  
  The main economic activities in Barreiros are based in commerce, tourism and agribusiness. Especially coconuts, manioc, sugarcane, bananas; and creations of cattle and buffalos.
  
  ### Economic indicators
  
  | Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 43,911 | 136.097 | 3.260 | 0.222% |
  
  Economy by sector 2006
  
  | Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
  | - | - | - |
  | 8.68% | 10.81% | 80.51% |
  
  ### Health indicators
  
  | HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 0.635 | 3 | 211 | 21.1 |
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Irandhir Santos, actor
  