Terra Nova | |
Leader Name: | Aline Cleanne Filgueira Freire de Carvalho |
Established Date1: | 1958 |
Established Title1: | Creation of municipality |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Pop Est As Of: | 2020 |
Population Est: | 10206 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 9278 |
Leader Party: | Avante |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Settlement Type: | Municipality of Brazil |
Population Demonym: | terra-novense |
Area Total Km2: | 318.71 |
Subdivision Name2: | Pernambuco |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Coordinates: | -8.23°N -39.3758°W |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Terra Nova is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. 578.5 km from the state's capital, Recife, it is located in the semi-arid Sertão. The estimated population in 2020, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) was 10,206 inhabitants and the total area is 318.71 km2.[1] [2] The municipality was created in 1958 by state law.[3]
Its current mayor is Aline Freire of Avante, elected in 2020.[4]
The main economic activities in are agribusiness, especially the raising of goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, chickens and plantations of onions, tomatoes and rice.