Petrolandia ( port. Petrolândia ) - a municipality in Brazil , is part of the state of Pernambuco . A component of the San Francisco-Pernambucanu Mesoregion. Included in the economic and statistical microregion of Itaparika . The population is 31,412 people in 2006 . It covers an area of 1088.2 km².
| Municipality | |||||
| Petrolandia | |||||
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| Petrolândia | |||||
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| A country |  Brazil | ||||
| State | Pernambuco | ||||
| The mayor | Antoniu Marcus di Sosa ( SNP ) | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Based | 1909 | ||||
| Square | 1,088.2 km² | ||||
| Center height | 282 m | ||||
| Climate type | semi desert | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 3 , summer UTC − 2 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | ▲ 32 105 people ( 2008 ) | ||||
| Katoykonim | petrolandense | ||||
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| Telephone code | +55 87 | ||||
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History
The city was founded on July 1, 1909 .
Statistics
- The gross domestic product for 2002 is 62 530 000.00 reais (data: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ).
- The gross domestic product per capita for 2002 is 1852.35 reais (data: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ).
- The Human Development Index for 2000 is 0.688 (data: UN Development Program ).
Geography
Climate: semi-desert.