São José do ãoJoséEgito is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 34,056 and the area is 794.1 km².
Geography
State - Pernambuco
Region - Sertão Pernambucano
Districts - São José do Egito, Bonfim and Riacho do Meio
Boundaries - Brejinho and Itapetim (N); Tuparetama and Ingazeira (S); Paraiba state (E); Santa Terezinha and Tabira (W) Area - 791.9 km² Elevation - 585 m Hydrography - Pajeú River Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila Climate - semi arid - hot and dry Annual average temperature - 23.2 c Distance to Recife - 394 km
Economy
The main economic activities in São José do Egito are commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens; and plantations of corn, beans and tomatoes.