Santa Filomena, Pernambuco

Santa Filomena is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 14,562 inhabitants and the total area is 1005.06 km².^[6]

Santa Filomena
Municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil
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Location of Santa Filomena in Pernambuco
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Coordinates: 8°9′46″S 40°36′57″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Founded	29 September 1995[1]
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Gildevan Coelho Melo (PSD) (2025-2028)[2][3]
• Vice Mayor	Rivaldino Reis de Barros (PSDB) (2025-2028)[2][3]
Area
• Total	1,005.341 km2 (388.164 sq mi)
Elevation	630 m (2,070 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	12,106[4]
• Density	12.04/km2 (31.2/sq mi)
Demonym	Filomense (Brazilian Portuguese)[4]
Time zone	UTC-03:00 (Brasília Time)
Postal code	56210-000[5]
HDI (2010)	0.533 – low[4]
Website	santafilomena.pe.gov.br

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - Sertão Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Ouricuri (N); Dormentes (S); Santa Cruz (E); Piauí state (W)
• Area - 1005.06 km²
• Elevation - 630 m
• Hydrography - Brigida and Garças rivers
• Vegetation - Caatinga
• Climate - semi arid- hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 23.9 c
• Distance to Recife - 717 km

Economy

The main economic activity in Santa Filomena is agribusiness, especially farming of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, donkeys, chickens; and plantations of manioc and beans.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[7]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
14.694	32.214	2.341	0.058%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
15.11%	7.69%	77.20%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.582	---	---	27.9

See also

• List of municipalities in Pernambuco