Sorocaba
| Sorocaba | |
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| motto | |
| Pro Una libera Patria Pugnavi | |
| coat of arms | flag |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | São Paulo |
| Geographic location : | 23 ° 30 ′ S , 47 ° 27 ′ W |
| Height : | 601 m |
| Area : | 449 km² |
| Residents : | 644,000 (as of 2015) |
| Population density : | 1,435 inhabitants / km² |
| Post code (CEP): | 18000-000 |
| Telephone code (DDD): | (+55) 15 |
| Official website: | www.sorocaba.sp.gov.br |
| Location of the city in the state of São Paulo | |
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| politics | |
| Mayor : | since 2016: Crespo ( DEM ) |
| City administration address: | Secretaria da Cidadania Av. Engenheiro Carlos Reinaldo Mendes, 3041 Alto da Boa Vista |
Sorocaba is a city in the southeast of the Brazilian state of São Paulo . It has 644,000 inhabitants (2015) and is an important industrial center in the country. The city was founded in 1654 by a group of Bandeirantes from São Paulo .
The car manufacturer Toyota operates a plant in Sorocaba where the Toyota Etios model is finally assembled.
Town twinning
- Anyang ( South Korea ), since 1997
- Nanchang , People's Republic of China , since 2007
- Wuxi , People's Republic of China
- Chichester , UK
sons and daughters of the town
- Antônio de Oliveira (1874–?), Writer
- Danilo (* 1986), football player
- Leandro da Silva (* 1988), football player
- Rafael Cabral (* 1990), football player
See also
Web links
- Official site of the city (Portuguese)
- Sorocaba Guide (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Toyota abre vagas de emprego para as fábricas de Porto Feliz e Sorocaba - Toyota. toyota.com.br, accessed August 31, 2016 .
- ^ Website Nanchang with list of twin cities ( Memento from May 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/jiangsu/wuxi/sistercities_5.html