Afogados da Ingazeira | |
Native Name: | Município de Afogados da Ingazeira |
Native Name Lang: | pt |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Nickname: | Princesa do Pajeú |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Afogados da Ingazeira in Brazil |
Coordinates: | -7.7508°N -37.6389°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Pernambuco |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | July 1, 1909 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Alessandro Palmeira de Vasconcelos Leite (PSB, 2021-2024) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 377.696 |
Elevation M: | 525 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 37,404 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Afogadense |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Afogados da Ingazeira is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. The estimated population in 2020 according to the IBGE was 37,404, and the total area is 377.7km2.[2] It has a population density of 97 inhabitants per square kilometer. In 2000, Afogados da Ingazeira had the second highest Human Development Index (HDI) in the Alto do Pajeú sertão region of Pernambuco state. Nonetheless, its score (0.683) was still below the state (0.718) and national (0.789) averages. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira.
The main economic activities in Afogados da Ingazeira are industry, commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of cattle, goats, sheep, chickens; and plantations of beans, corn and manioc.