Sao José do Rio Preto

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Municipal Department of Sao José do Rio Preto
"Rio Preto"
Sao José do Rio Preto
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São José do Rio Preto (Brazil)
Sao José do Rio Preto
Sao José do Rio Preto
Coordinates 20 ° 48 ′  S , 49 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 20 ° 48 ′  S , 49 ° 23 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of São Paulo
Location of the municipality in the state of São Paulo
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founding 19th March 1852 (age 168)Template: Infobox location in Brazil / maintenance
Basic data
Country Brazil
State São Paulo
structure 6 districts
height 489 m
Waters Rio Preto
climate tropical, Aw
surface 431.9 km²
Residents 408,258 (2010)
density 945.2  Ew. / km²
estimate 460,671 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code IBGE : 3549805
Time zone UTC −3
Website www.riopreto.sp.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect Edson Coelho Araújo (2017-2020)
Political party MDB
economy
GDP 15,735,652  thousand R $
35,230 R $ per person 
(2016)
HDI 0.797 (2010)
Place in the center
Place in the center

São José do Rio Preto (also called Rio Preto , officially Portuguese Município de São José do Rio Preto ) is a city in the northwest of the state of São Paulo , Brazil , about 442 kilometers away from the capital São Paulo . In 2019, an estimated 460,671 people lived in São José do Rio Preto.

geography

The city lies on both banks of the Rio Preto ("Black River"), which has its source a few kilometers southwest at Cedral and flows into the Rio Turvo at Pontes Gestal , which in turn flows into the Rio Grande .

history

The city was founded on March 19, 1852, when João Bernardino de Seixas Ribeiro erected a chapel and a wooden cross on land that had already been donated in honor of St. Joseph, today's patron of the city. In 1879 the resulting settlement became the Distrito de São José do Rio Preto and became an administrative district of the city of Jaboticabal . On July 19, 1894, São José do Rio Preto itself was raised to Município and spun off from Jaboticabal. The area was then 26,000 km². This was divided into districts over the next few decades, from which independent cities became. In 1906 the city was renamed Município de Rio Preto , but took the old name again in 1944. Rio Preto became a commercial center in the region after it was connected to the Estrada de Ferro Araraquarense railway in 1912 .

The city has a tropical climate, with an average annual temperature of 25.4 ° C. Rio Preto lies at an altitude of 489 meters and covers an area of ​​around 432 square kilometers.

According to the 2010 census, Rio Preto has 408,258 inhabitants, making it one of the 50 largest cities in Brazil. The population was estimated to be 460,671 as of July 1, 2019.

The city is an important traffic junction, four major highways intersect here: SP-310 (Washington Luís), BR-153 (Transbrasiliana), SP-425 (Assis Chateaubriand) and SP-427 (Décio Custódio da Silva).

São José do Rio Preto is the seat of the diocese of São José do Rio Preto .

Population development

Train accident on November 24, 2013

On October 24, 2013, a freight train from America Latina Logística (ALL) loaded with 1000 tons of maize derailed in the village. The derailment killed 10 people and destroyed two houses.

Sports

The two largest football clubs in São José do Rio Preto are the Rio Preto Esporte Clube in the Estádio Anísio Haddad and the América Futebol Clube in the Estádio Benedito Teixeira.

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : São José do Rio Preto  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c IBGE : Cidades @ São Paulo: São José do Rio Preto - Panorama. [accessed September 10, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese)].
  2. Edinho Araújo 15 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed September 10, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  3. IBGE : Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 ° de julho de 2019. (PDF (2.8 MB)) Retrieved on September 9, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  4. IBGE: Cidades @ São Paulo: São José do Rio Preto: Histórico. [accessed August 13, 2016 (Brazilian Portuguese)].
  5. ALL diz que ajudará vítimas de acidente de trem. In: BOL Notícias of November 24, 2013 (Portuguese).
  6. Natália Clementin: Cinco continuam internados após acidente com trem que descarrilou. In: globo.com g1 of November 24, 2013 (Brazilian Portuguese).