Riacho das Almas
Introduction Our Lady of Conceição Church'''Riacho das Almas''' (population 20,646) is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco and has 313.99 sq/km of total area.
Geography City overview after the rainy season* State - Pernambuco* Region - Agreste of Pernambuco* Boundaries - Surubim and Frei Miguelinho   ('''N''');  Caruaru   ('''S''' and '''W''');   Bezerros and Cumaru  ('''E'''). * Area - 313.99 km2* Elevation - 407 m* Hydrography - Capibaribe and Ipojuca rivers* Vegetation - Caatinga hipoxerófila* Annual average temperature - 23.6 c* Distance to Recife - 152 km
Economy The main economic activities in '''Riacho das Almas''' are the textile industry and agribusiness, especially farming of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, chickens; and plantations of pineapples and manioc.===Economic Indicators=== Population  GDP x(1000 R$). GDP pc (R$) PE 18.930 62.157 3.402 0.10%'''Economy by Sector''' (2006) Primary sector  Secondary sector Service sector 12.00% 9.46% 78.54%===Health Indicators=== HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) 0.609 1 29 10.3
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