São José do Egito 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); Paraíba 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.

Economic Indicators

Population	GDP x(1000 R$).	GDP pc (R$)	PE
31,792	119.315	3,916	0.20%

Economy by Sector 2006

Primary sector	Secondary sector	Service sector
16.45%	9.32%	74.23%

Health Indicators

HDI (2000)	Hospitals (2007)	Hospitals beds (2007)	Children's Mortality every 1000 (2005)
0.657	2	317	24.2