Araripina

Araripina is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. Has an estimated population in 2020 of 84,864 inhabitants according with IBGE.^[2] Total area of 1.847,5 km² and is located in the state mesoregion of Sertão, at 622 meters above the sea level and 683 km West from the state capital, Recife. The exploration of gypsum (95% of the Brazilian reserves) and calcarium is the base of the local economy and at the homonymous microregion.

Araripina
Municipality
The Municipality of Araripina
View of the center of Araripina
Flag Seal
Location of Araripina in the State of Pernambuco
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Founded	Sep 11, 1928
Government
• Mayor	Evilásio Mateus PDT
Area
• Total	203,739 km2 (78,664 sq mi)
Elevation	639 m (2,096 ft)
Population  (2024 [1])
• Total	90,104
• Density	0.44/km2 (1.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)	0.602 – medium
Website	araripina.pe.gov.br

Gypsum exploration in Araripina Microregion

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Sertao Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Ceará (N); Ouricuri (S); Ipubi and Trindade (E); Piauí (W)
• Area - 1847.5 km²
• Elevation - 622 m
• Hydrography - Brigida River
• Vegetation - Caatinga
• Climate - Semi desertic ( Sertao)- hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 22.4 c
• Main road - BR 232 and BR 316
• Distance to Recife - 683 km

Economy

See also: Largest Cities of Northeast Region, Brazil

The main economic activities in Araripina are based in extraction of gypsum and no metallic minerals; and primary sector especially creation of goats, donkeys, pigs and farms with beans, manioc and corn. Araripina is located in the microregion with its name, which contains 95% of the Brazilian reserves of Gypsum.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[3]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
79.877	255.578	3.368	0.43%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
8.49%	19.15%	72.37%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.65	12	172	28.7

Sports

The main sports in Araripina is football which is represented by Araripina Futebol Clube, currently playing the Campeonato Pernambucano. Their stadium is known as Chapadão do Araripe which has 5000 seats.

Transportation

Araripina is served by Comte. Mairson C. Bezerra Airport.

See also

• List of municipalities in Pernambuco