Vertentes | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil |
Flag Alt: | Flag of Vertentes |
Map Alt: | Location of Vertentes in Pernambuco |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil#South America |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | -7.9028°N -35.9878°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 18 April 1892[1] |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Romero Leal Ferreira (PSDB) (2021-2024)[2] [3] |
Leader Title2: | Vice Mayor |
Leader Name2: | Severina Maria Almeida de Miranda (DEM) (2021-2024)[4] |
Area Total Km2: | 196.325 |
Elevation M: | 401 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 21959[5] |
Population Density Km2: | 111.85 |
Population Demonym: | Vertentense (Brazilian Portuguese) |
Timezone: | Brasília Time |
Utc Offset: | -03:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 55770-000, 55774-000, 55775-000, 55776-000[6] |
Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
Blank Info: | 0.582 – medium |
Website: | vertentes.pe.gov.br |
Vertentes is a municipality/city in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 20,954 inhabitants and the total area is 196.325 km2.[7]
The main economic activities in Vertentes are related with mineral extraction industry and agribusiness, especially creations of cattle, goats, sheep and chickens.