Betânia, Pernambuco
Introduction Location in Pernambuco'''Betânia''' (''Bethany'') is a city  in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according to IBGE was 12,765 and the area is 1244.07 km².The municipality contains the  Maurício Dantas Private Natural Heritage Ecological Reserve, created in 1997.The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.
Geography * State - Pernambuco* Region - Sertão Pernambucano* Boundaries - Flores and Calumbi   ('''N''');  Floresta  ('''S''');  Custódia  ('''E''');  Serra Talhada and Floresta   ('''W''')* Area - 1244.07 km²* Elevation - 441 m* Hydrography - Pajeú River* Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila* Climate - semi arid - hot and dry* Annual average temperature - 28.0 c* Distance to Recife - 391 km
Economy The main economic activities in '''Betânia''' are based in agribusiness, especially creation of goats, cattle, sheep;  and plantations of corn, tomatoes and beans.===Economic Indicators=== Population  GDP x(1000 R$). GDP pc (R$) PE 12.011 33.376 2.890 0.055%'''Economy by Sector'''2006 Primary sector  Secondary sector Service sector  19.17% 7.86% 72.97%===Health Indicators=== HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005) 0.593 1 30 55.3
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