title: São Caetano, Pernambuco
text: # São Caetano, Pernambuco
  
  São Caetano, also known as São Caitano is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil.
  
  ## Geography
  
  * State - Pernambuco
  * Region - Agreste Pernambucano
  * Boundaries - Brejo da Madre de Deus (N); Altinho (S); Caruaru (E); Tacaimbó and Cachoeirinha (W)
  * Area - 382.48 $km^2$
  * Elevation - 552 m
  * Hydrography - Capibaribe, Ipojuca and Una River (Pernambuco) rivers
  * Vegetation - Caatinga Hipoxerófila
  * Climate - semi arid hot
  * Annual average temperature - 22.7 c
  * Distance to Recife - 148 km
  * Population - 37,368 (2020)
  
  ## Economy
  
  The main economic activities in São Caetano are based on the textile industry, commerce and agribusiness especially plantations of manioc; and farming of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs.
  
  ### Economic indicators
  
  | Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 36.366 | 102.243 | 2.941 | 0.17% |
  
  Economy by Sector 2006
  
  | Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
  | - | - | - |
  | 3.25% | 12.46% | 84.29% |
  
  ### Health indicators
  
  | HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 0.580 | 1 | 41 | 29.8 |
  