Economic Information
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There were 23 industrial units (2006), 124 retail units (2007), and 02 banking establishments (2007). In 2006 there were 549 farms. Out of the 37,000 hectares of total land 26,000 hectares was pasture land. The cattle herd had 60,000 head in 2006 and the main crops were pineapple, rice (2,000 hectares), bananas, coconuts, sugarcane (1,300 hectares), watermelon (3,000 hectares), beans, manioc, corn (3,000 hectares), soybeans, and tomatoes.
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