Osasco
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Coordinates: 23 ° 32 ′ S , 46 ° 47 ′ W Location of Osasco in the state of São Paulo
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 Location of Osasco in Brazil
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | São Paulo | |
| City foundation | 19th February 1962 | |
| Residents | 637,617 (2010) | |
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| surface | 64.935 km 2 | |
| Population density | 9,819 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 792 m | |
| Post Code | 06000-06298 | |
| prefix | (+55) 11 | |
| City Presidency | Jorge Lapas ( PT ) | |
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Osasco is a city in Brazil in the state of São Paulo . It is located in the west of the metropolitan region of São Paulo and has 637,617 inhabitants (2010).
geography
The city has an area of 65 km². Neighboring cities are São Paulo in the east, Taboão da Serra in the south, Cotia , Carapicuíba , Barueri and Santana de Parnaíba in the west.
history
Osasco was founded by the Italian immigrant Antonio Agù (1845-1909) in the 19th century, who came from the town of the same name Osasco in the province of Turin . Originally, Agù bought a large farm with his partner Baron Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud (1882–1947). Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud was a Spanish immigrant of French and Russian origins. Sensaud de Lavaud flew for the first time in Latin America on January 7, 1910 with the plane "São Paulo".
Many immigrants from Europe sought their fortune in Osasco. The immigrants who came from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Ireland and Eastern Europe (especially from Poland, Ukraine and Russia) are worth mentioning. In the first half of the 20th century, immigrants also came from Armenia, Japan and Lebanon. Osasco was part of São Paulo until February 19, 1962 and then became an independent municipality. In 1989 the city became the seat of the Diocese of Osasco .
economy
The Banco Bradesco , one of the four largest banks in the country, is based in Osasco. Osasco has the following companies: Hot Stock; Arvin Meritor; Metrópoles home & club; Avon Products; Pedágio Sem Parar; ABB Group; Osram; Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão - SBT; Speech TV; Wal-Mart; Carrefour; Pão de Açúcar; Natura; Nova Osasco Esquadrias; Adamas; Macro; Colgate-Palmolive; Group extrema; Sam's Club; Unibanco - CPD; Intermarine; Ebicen; Coke; Chevron Corporation.
Universities and colleges
- Centro Universitario FIEO (UNIFIEO)
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
- Fundação Instituto Tecnológico de Osasco (FITO)
- Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (SENAI)
- Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial (SENAC)
Sports
The football clubs:
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City newspapers
- Jornal Fênix
- Diário da Região
- Visão Oeste
- Página Zero
- A rua
- Correio Paulista
- Jornal do Trem
Private and state city radios
- Nova Difusora 1540 AM
- Rádio Iguatemi AM
- Radio Terra FM
Osasco TV channels
- Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT), Channel 04 VHF (São Paulo)
- Nova Geração de Televisão (NGT), channel 48 UHF
- TV Shop Tour, Channel 46 UHF
- TV Osasco, channel 22 UHF
- Net Serviços de Comunicação
- Rede TV !, canal 09 VHF (São Paulo)
Twin cities
Osasco lists the following five partner cities :
| city | country | since |
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Gyumri 
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 Shirak, Armenia
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2006 |
| Jining |
 Shandong, People's Republic of China
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2010 |
| Osasco |
 Piedmont, Italy
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1993 |
Tsu 
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 Mie, Japan
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1976 |
| Viana |
 Luanda, Angola
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1992 |
| Xuzhou |
Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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1999 |
gallery
sons and daughters of the town
- José Bonifácio de Oliveira Sobrinho (Boni), General Director of Rede Globo , director
- Cristiane , soccer player
- Guga de Oliveira, film director
- Zezeh Barbosa, actress
- Manuel Cavalcante Leão, journalist
- Hoffmann Merli, artist
- Barbara Farias de Oliveira, short distance runner
- Paulo Ricardo Kobayashi, soccer player
- João Antonio Ferreira Filho, writer
- Yanna Lavigne, actress
- Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas, football player
- José Fernando Azevedo Minhoto, criminal judge
- Igor Nascimento Soares, football player
- Victória Nasser, singer
- Leandro Bernardi Silva, football player
- MC Guimê, rapper
- Júlio Santos, football player
- Edu Manga (* 1967), soccer player
- Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas (* 1983), football player
- Felipe Lopes (* 1987), Brazilian-Portuguese soccer player
- Lucas (* 1992), soccer player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prefeito Assina lei para convênio de Cooperação com cidade Armenia. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 12, 2017 ; accessed on January 12, 2017 .
- ^ Portal Municipal Osasco. Retrieved January 10, 2020 .