Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Northeast Region, Brazil

🇧🇷 Vitória de Santo Antão is a city in Pernambuco State, Brazil, 46 km west of Recife. It is the tenth most populous city in Pernambuco, the fourth most populous in the interior of the state and the most populous in Zona da Mata. According to the Firjan Municipal Development Index, Vitória de Santo Antão was elected the 8th best city of Pernambuco to live in.

Synopsis     Its predominant native vegetation is Atlantic forest, although much of its green landscape has been replaced by sugarcane monoculture. With approximately 87.2% of the population living in the urban area of the municipality, the city had 57 health facilities in 2009. Its Human Development Index is 0.640 and is considered medium.

It was founded by a Portuguese man from Cape Verde named António Diogo de Braga in 1626. In 1774 it became a village with 4,000 inhabitants. In 1811 it was promoted into a city by royal decree of Dom João IV.

Geography • State - Pernambuco • Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana(-2018) • Intermediate Geographic Region of Recife.(2018–Present) • Boundaries - Glória do Goitá and Chã de Alegria (N); Primavera and Escada (S); Pombos (W); Moreno, Cabo de Santo Agostinho and São Lourenço da Mata (E) • Area - 371.8 km² • Elevation - 156 m • Hydrography - Capibaribe, Ipojuca and Tapacurá • Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest • Distance to Recife - 45 km.

Economy The main economic activities in Vitoria de Santo Antão are based in commerce, food and beverage industry (including the traditional Pitú cachaça), and primary sector especially sugarcane, lemons and cattle.

It has the 8th largest economy in Pernambuco, has an industrial pole with some of the largest companies in the world. There is also Victory Park Shopping, the shopping mall in the region.

The city also has a tradition in agriculture.