Santa Maria da Boa Vista

Santa Maria da Boa Vista is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 42,100 and the area is 3000.77 km².^[6]

Santa Maria da Boa Vista
Municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil
São Francisco River in Santa Maria da Boa Vista
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Location of Santa Maria da Boa Vista in Pernambuco
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Coordinates: 8°48′32″S 39°49′30″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Founded	7 June 1872[1]
Government
• Mayor	George Rodrigues Duarte (PP) (2025-2028)[2][3]
• Vice Mayor	Anselmo Gomes da Silva (UNIÃO) (2025-2028)[2][3]
Area
• Total	3,000.774 km2 (1,158.605 sq mi)
Elevation	361 m (1,184 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	40,578[4]
• Density	13.52/km2 (35.0/sq mi)
Demonym	Boa-vistense (Brazilian Portuguese)[4]
Time zone	UTC-03:00 (Brasília Time)
Postal code	56380-000, 56386-000, 56390-000, 56393-000[5]
HDI (2010)	0.590 – medium[4]
Website	santamariadaboavista.pe.gov.br

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Parnamirim and Santa Cruz (N); Bahia state (S); Orocó (E); Lagoa Grande (W)
• Area - 3001.2 km²
• Elevation - 361 m
• Hydrography - Brigida and Garças rivers
• Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
• Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão) - hot and dry
• Annual average temperature - 26.0 c
• Distance to Recife - 616 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Santa Maria da Boa Vista are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle and donkeys; and plantations of irrigated grapes, mangoes and bananas.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[7]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
41.745	209.495	5.287	0.35%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
41.60%	9.80%	48.60%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.669	1	33	20.8

See also

• List of municipalities in Pernambuco