Catende

Catende is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. Its estimated population in 2020 was 43,340 inhabitants in a total area of 207.24 km2. The economy is based on the cultivation of sugarcane and the production of derived products (sugar and ethanol). Catende used to have the world's largest sugar mill.

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Settlement.name: Catende
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality of Pernambuco, Brazil
Settlement.image_skyline: Vista externa da Igreja Matriz de Laje Grande.jpg
Settlement.image_alt: Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer
Settlement.image_flag: Catende-pe.png
Settlement.flag_alt: Flag of Catende
Settlement.image_map: Brazil Pernambuco Catende location map.svg
Settlement.map_alt: Location of Catende in Pernambuco
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Catende in Pernambuco
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil#South America
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northeast
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 11 September 1928

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: catendense
Population: 31519
Area: 206.923
Elevation: 234
Official website: www.catende.pe.gov.br
Image: Vista externa da Igreja Matriz de Laje Grande.jpg
Dialing code: 81

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Commons category: Catende
electorate: 25133
Human Development Index: 0.609

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==Geography== State - Pernambuco Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana Boundaries - Bonito (N); Palmares (E); Maraial and Jaqueira (S); Belém de Maria (W) Area - 206.92 km2 Elevation - 168 m Hydrography - Una river Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest Climate - Hot tropical and humid Annual average temperature - 24.8 c Distance to Recife - 137 km