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Map of Land Use and Cover of Sergipe reveals that livestock is the main activity in the state December 16, 2011

IBGE releases today (12/16/2011) the Map of Land Use and Cover of the State of Sergipe, on 1:1,300,000 scale. It shows that livestock still prevails...

Map of Land Use and Cover of Pará confirms the importance of the Preservation Units for the preservation of forests and shows the consolidation of agriculture in the December 16, 2011

IBGE releases today the Map of Land Use and Cover of the State of Pará, on the scale 1:1,800,000. Based on the national classification system...

Maps of Maranhão reveal pressure of the new agricultural frontier on the cerrado and show water potential of the state December 16, 2011

The Map of Soils (Pedology) presents the main types of soils seen in Maranhão. Located from North to South of the state, ultisols and latosols...

Chicken and pig slaughter beats record in the 3rd quarter of 2011 December 15, 2011

In Q3 of 2011, 7.284 million cattle head were slaughtered, representing an increase of 3.1% in relation to the immediately previous quarter and...

2010 Census improved identification of subnormal agglomerates December 15, 2011

IBGE adopted some innovations in 2010 to improve the identification of subnormal agglomerates – irregular settlements such as favelas, invaded properties,...

Prices of mineral commodities influenced the share of municipalities in the GDP in 2009 December 14, 2011

Among the 25 municipalities with a participation of at least 0.5% in the whole Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 11 municipalities changed their share...

Retail sales were unchanged in October December 13, 2011

Retail trade did not record changes in October compared with the September figure (seasonally adjusted series), either in volume of sales or nominal...

Publication describes the evolution of the territorial division in Brazil from 1872 to 2010 December 09, 2011

The publication Evolution of the Territorial Division in Brazil 1872-2010, designed by the Directorate of Geosciences of IBGE, provides political...

2010 PEVS: forestry production is R$ 14.7 billion December 09, 2011

In 2010, forestry production was R$ 14.7 billion, 71.8% (R$ 10.7 billions) from the exploitation of planted forests (silviculture) and 28.2% (R$...

Industrial employment changes -0.4% in October December 09, 2011

Comparing with October 2011, the industrial employment receded 1.2%, with the contingent of employees recording reduction in ten of the fourteen...

In 2012, IBGE expects grain harvest to be 0.6% higher than in 2011 December 08, 2011

The eleventh estimate of the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds points to a production of 159.5 million tons, 6.6% higher than the...

Industrial output drops in 7 of the 14 places in October December 07, 2011

The regional indexes of the industrial output recorded negative rates in 7 of the 14 places surveyed by IBGE between last September and October,...

Producer Price Index (IPP) of October stays at 0.85% December 07, 2011

The Producer Price Index (IPP) changed 0.85% in October, less than September (1.23%). When compared with the same month a year ago (accumulated...

GDP remains unchanged (0.0%) in relation to the second quarter and reaches R$ 1.05 trillion December 06, 2011

In relation to the 2 Q of 2011, only agriculture increased The GDP remained unchanged in contrast with the previous quarter. Agriculture...

Political Maps of the Federation Units is now complete with the Federal District December 05, 2011

IBGE releases today the Political Map of the Federal District on the scale of 1:100,000, completing the series of Political Maps of the Federation...

Industrial output falls 0.6% in October December 02, 2011

The industrial output fell 0.6% in October 2011 compared with September in the seasonally adjusted series, third negative result in this type...

In 2010, life expectancy at birth was 73.48 years December 01, 2011

In 2010, life expectancy at birth in Brazil was 73.48 years (73 years, 5 months and 24 days), an increase of 0.31 years (3 months and 22 days)...

IBGE releases the Data Analysis of the Brazilian Network for Continuous Monitoring of the GNSS Systems November 30, 2011

IBGE releases, today, the report on the Data Analysis of the Brazilian Network for Continuous Monitoring of the GNSS Systems – 1996 to 2000. The...

National Address File for Statistical Purposes will support household surveys November 25, 2011

IBGE launches today a whole new product of the 2010 Population Census, the National Address File for Statistical Purposes – CNEFE. The CNEFE is a...

In October, unemployment rate was 5.8% November 24, 2011

In the classification by activity group, versus September, there was a 1.5% increase in Trade, repair of motor vehicles and of personal and domestic...

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