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'''Tacaratu''' is a [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipality]] in the state of [[Pernambuco]], [[Brazil]]. The population in 2020, according with [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]] is 26,106 and <!--, the density is /km²-->the area is 1264.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pe/tacaratu/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref>

==Demographics==
The indigenous [[Pankararú language|Pankararú]] people live in Brejo dos Padres and other villages of Tacaratu.<ref name="Loukotka">{{cite book |last=Loukotka |first=Čestmír |author-link=Čestmír Loukotka |title=Classification of South American Indian languages |url=https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk |url-access=registration |publisher=UCLA Latin American Center |year=1968 |location=Los Angeles}}</ref><ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pe/tacaratu/historico History of Tacaratu]. ''IBGE''. (in Portuguese)</ref>

==Geography==

* State - [[Pernambuco]]
* Region - [[São Francisco Pernambucano]]
* Boundaries - [[Floresta, Pernambuco|Floresta]]   ('''N''');  [[Jatobá, Pernambuco|Jatobá]] and [[Alagoas]] state  ('''S''');  [[Inajá, Pernambuco|Inajá]] and [[Alagoas]]  ('''E''');  [[Petrolândia]]  ('''W''')
* Area - 1264.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
* Elevation - 14 m
* Hydrography - Moxotó river
* Vegetation - [[Caatinga]] [[hiperxerófila]].
* Climate - [[Semi arid]] ( [[Sertão]]) hot and dry
* Annual average temperature - 24.1 c
* Distance to [[Recife]] - 458&nbsp;km

The municipality contains part of the {{convert|625|ha}} [[Serra Negra Biological Reserve]], a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1982.<ref>{{citation|language=pt |title=Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica de Serra Negra|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente |url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=200|access-date=2016-04-17}}</ref>

==Economy==

The main economic activities in '''Tacaratu''' are based in general industry, commerce and [[agribusiness]], especially creation of [[cattle]], [[goat]]s and [[sheep]];  and plantations of [[mangoes]] and [[bean]]s.

===Economic Indicators===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Population 
! [[GDP]] x(1000 R$).<ref>[http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf Tacaratu 2007 GDP IBGE page 32] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001818/http://www.ibge.com.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2003_2007/tab01.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
! [[GDP per capita|GDP pc]] (R$)
! [[Pernambuco|PE]]
|-
| 22.231
| 52.359
| 2.548
| 0.087%
|-
|}
'''Economy by Sector'''
2006
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! [[Primary sector]] 
! [[Secondary sector]]
! [[Service sector]] 
|-
| 11.48%
| 8.19%
| 80.33%
|-
|}

===Health Indicators===
<ref>[http://www2.condepefidem.pe.gov.br/web/condepefidem PE State site - City by city profile]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2000)
! Hospitals (2007)
! Hospitals beds (2007)
! Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
|-
| 0.585
| 1
| 17
| 37 
|-
|}

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Pernambuco}}

[[Category:Municipalities in Pernambuco]]

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