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Flores (Portuguese for "Flowers") is a municipality (município) in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population is 22,618 (2020 est.) in an area of 996 km².

Geography

Boundaries - Paraiba state and Quixaba (N); Betânia (S); Carnaíba and Custódia (E); Triunfo and Calumbi (W)
Elevation - 466 m
Hydrography - Pajeú River
Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila.
Clima - Semi desertic ( Sertão) hot and dry
Annual average temperature - 25.0 c
Distance to Recife - 385 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Flores are based in agribusiness, especially creation of cattle and their milk, goats, sheep and plantations with beans, corn and guava (goiaba).

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).^[2]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
23.034	59.354	2.703	0.097%

Economy by Sector

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
20.39%	9.10%	70.51%

Health Indicators

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HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.613	1	22	27.5

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ Flores 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ PE State site - City by city profile

[1] IBGE 2020

[2] Flores 2007 GDP IBGE page 31 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[3] PE State site - City by city profile

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