Catanduva

Município de Catanduva "Cidade-Feitiço" , "Capital Nacional dos Ventiladores" , "Capital Nacional do Basquete Feminino" Catanduva
	View into the center
Coordinates	21 ° 8 ′ S , 48 ° 58 ′ W Coordinates: 21 ° 8 ′ S , 48 ° 58 ′ W
	Location of the municipality in the state of São Paulo
Symbols
coat of arms	flag
founding	April 18, 1918
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	São Paulo
ISO 3166-2	BR-SP
Região intermediária	São José do Rio Preto (since 2017)
Região imediata	Catanduva (since 2017)
height	503 m
Waters	Rio São Domingos
climate	tropical, Aw
surface	290.6 km²
Residents	112,820 (2010)
density	388.2 Ew. / km²
estimate	121.210 (July 1, 2018)
Parish code	IBGE : 3511102
Post Code	15800-001 to 15819-999
Telephone code	(+) 17
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.catanduva.sp.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Afonso Macchione Neto (2017-2020)
Political party	PSDB
Culture
City festival	April 14th (city foundation)
economy
GDP	3,604,454 thousand R $; 30,168 R $ per capita ; (2015)
HDI	0.785 (2010)

Catanduva , officially Portuguese Município de Catanduva , is a Brazilian city in the state of São Paulo . According to an estimate as of July 1, 2018, it had 121,210 inhabitants, who are called Catanduvenses ( catanduvenses ) and live on a municipal area of 290.6 km².

location

Catanduva is located in the northeast of the state of São Paulo and is the second largest city in this area. The capital São Paulo is about 385 km away.

The geostatistical Região geográfica imediata Catanduva , named after her and founded in 2017 , which replaced the former microregion , comprises 16 municipalities and in 2017 had 256,354 inhabitants on an area of around 3,059 km².

history

The history of Catanduva can be traced back to the middle of the 19th century. At the beginning of the 20th century the small town was known as Cerradinho . On April 16, 1909, the Vila Adolpho District was established. Today's Catanduva was established on April 14, 1918.

The name of the city developed from the name Caa-tã-dyba from the Tupí-Guaraní languages , which refers to the typical savannah landscape Cerrado and means something like "unhealthy vegetation".

On December 23, 2000 Pope John Paul II established the Diocese of Catanduva and made it subordinate to the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto .