Petrolandia

Petrolandia is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is in the Sao Francisco Region. Petrolandia has a total vicinity of 1056.6 rectangular kilometers and had an envisioned populace of 32.568 inhabitants in 2009 in keeping with the IBGE. It has considered one of the most important GDP consistent with capita of Sertao due to the region of 1 hydroelectric strength plant, belongings of CHESF. From 1881 to 1964 Petrolandia become the terminus of a single tune railway, called the Estrada de Ferro Paulo Afonso.

This railway changed into built to bypass rapids and waterfalls on the Sao Francisco River through linking the upper restrict of navigation of the Lower Sao Francisco at Piranhas, with the lower limit of navigation of the Upper Sao Francisco at Petrolandia. The important financial sports in Petrolandia are primarily based in trade, power and transportation enterprise, plus primary region specifically culmination consisting of coconuts, bananas, goiaba; and creations of goats, sheep, bulls and chickens. The energy quarter because of the presence of Chesf is the maximum important pastime.