Dormentes

Dormentes
Municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil
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Coordinates: 8°26′49″S 40°46′15″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Pernambuco
Founded	1 October 1991[2]
Government
• Mayor	Maria do Socorro Coelho de Sousa (PSB) (2025-2028)[3][4]
• Vice Mayor	Jurandir Ribeiro Torres (MDB) (2025-2028)[3][4]
Area
• Total	1,539.052 km^2 (594.231 sq mi)
Elevation	492 m (1,614 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	17,188[1]
• Density	11.17/km^2 (28.9/sq mi)
Demonym	Dormentense (Brazilian Portuguese)[1]
Time zone	UTC-03:00 (Brasília Time)
Postal code	56355-000[5]
HDI (2010)	0.589 – medium[1]
Website	dormentes.pe.gov.br

Dormentes is a city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, 750 km away from the state's capital, Recife. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 19,079 inhabitants and the area is 1539.05 km².[6]

Geography

• State - Pernambuco
• Region - São Francisco Pernambucano
• Boundaries - Santa Filomena (N); Petrolina (S); Santa Cruz and Lagoa Grande (E); Afrânio and Piauí state (W).
• Area - 1537.59 km²
• Elevation - 492 m
• Hydrography - Garças and Pontal rivers
• Vegetation - Caatinga
• Climate - Semi arid ( Sertão)
• Annual average temperature - 25.1 c
• Distance to Recife - 750 km

Economy

The main economic activities in Dormentes are based in general commerce and agribusiness, especially creation of sheep (over 82,000 heads), goats (over 35,000), pigs, cattle, donkeys and mules; and plantations of beans, corn and sorgo.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).[7]	GDP pc (R$)	PE
16.462	51.985	3.333	0.084%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
12.52%	9.39%	78.09%

Health Indicators

[8]

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.600	1	13	28.7

See also

• List of municipalities in Pernambuco

References

1. "Dormentes". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
2. "História & Fotos". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
3. "Eleições 2024: Corrinha de Geomarco (PSB) | Candidato(a) a prefeito(a) de Dormentes-PE". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
4. "Prefeita de Dormentes (PE) toma posse nesta quarta (1º); veja lista de vereadores eleitos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
5. "CEP Dormentes/PE - Brasil". codigo-postal.org (in Brazilian Portuguese). codigo-postal.org. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
6. IBGE 2020
7. Dormentes 2007 GDP IBGE page 30 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
8. PE State site - City by city profile