title: Jataúba
text: # Jataúba
  
  Jataúba is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil.
  
  ## Geography
  
  * State - Pernambuco
  * Region - Agreste Pernambucano
  * Boundaries - Paraiba state (N); Belo Jardim (S); Brejo da Madre de Deus and Santa Cruz do Capibaribe (E); Poção and Paraiba (W)
  * Area - 719.22 $km^2$
  * Elevation - 516 m
  * Hydrography - Capibaribe River
  * Vegetation - Caatinga Hipoxerófila
  * Clima - semi-arid, hot
  * Annual average temperature - 22.7 c
  * Distance to Recife - 225 km
  * Population - 17,228 (2020)
  
  ## Economy
  
  The main economic activities in Jataúba are based in commerce and agribusiness, especially the raising of goats, cattle, sheep and pigs.
  
  ### Economic indicators
  
  | Population | GDP x(1000 R$). | GDP pc (R$) | PE |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 15.365 | 46.176 | 3.117 | 0.07% |
  
  Economy by sector 2006
  
  | Primary sector | Secondary sector | Service sector |
  | - | - | - |
  | 11.03% | 8.07% | 80.90% |
  
  ### Health indicators
  
  | HDI (2000) | Hospitals (2007) | Hospitals beds (2007) | Children's mortality every 1000 (2005) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 0.583 | 1 | 13 | 25.7 |
  