Água Preta () (Black Water) is a Brazilian municipality (city) in the state of Pernambuco. It covers , and has a population of 26.981 with a population density of 49.74 inhabitants per square kilometer (2025).
Água Preta was founded as a district of the municipality of Rio Formoso in 10 de novembro 1809. It became an independent municipality on July 3, 1895. The Praieira revolt (1848–1849), which originated Recife, spread to Água Preta in its first year. Captain Pedro Ivo Veloso da Silveira (? - 1852) took refuge in the forests of Agua Preta after the defeat of his faction in Recife and organized a guerrilla resistance for two years before his surrender.
Geography
State - Pernambuco Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana Boundaries - Ribeirão (N); Barreiros and Alagoas state (S); Palmares, Xexéu and Joaquim Nabuco (W); Tamandaré and Gameleira (E) Area - Elevation - Hydrography - Una and Sirinhaém Rivers Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest Climate - hot, tropical, and humid Annual average temperature - 25.2 c Distance to the capital (Recife) -
Economy
The main economic activities in Água Preta are based in agribusiness, especially plantations of sugarcane and cattle-keeping. The city's other main economy is the civil service.
Economic indicators Population GDP (1.000.000 R$) GDP pc (R$) PE 33.095 246.012,40 6.748,57 0.16% Economy by sector 2006 Primary sector Secondary sector Service sector 21.91% 7.78% 70.31%
Health indicators HDI (2000) Hospitals (2007) Hospitals beds (2007) Children's mortality every 1000 (2005) 0.597 1 16 20
See also List of municipalities in Pernambuco
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