Valinhos
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Coordinates: 22 ° 58 ′ S , 47 ° 0 ′ W Valinhos on the map of Brazil
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 Location of the municipality of Valinhos in the state of São Paulo
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Brazil | |
| State | São Paulo | |
| City foundation | December 30, 1953 | |
| Residents | 127,123 (2018 estimate) | |
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| surface | 148.538 | |
| Population density | 856 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 660 m | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | Orestes Previtale | |
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Valinhos is a city in Brazil with around 127,000 inhabitants. It is located in the state of São Paulo , a few kilometers east of Campinas . In Valinhos is the "Condomínio Sans Souci", where a numerically significant part of the high society of Campinas and the region lives. Valinhos is also the cosmopolitan city of figs. The festival of the fig - Festa do Figo - takes place here every year.
geography
The city has an area of approx. 148 km², of which 89 km² are rural. The rivers Rio Atibaia and Rio Capivari and the streams Pinheiros, Bom Jardim and Dois Córregos flow through the area that lies at the foothills of the Serra da Mantiqueira . The highest point is 969 meters.
population
At a 2000 census, Valinhos had 82,973 inhabitants, of whom 41,216 were male and 41,557 were female. 56,934 of these people were of eligible age.
politics
Mayor of the city is Orestes Previtale.
sons and daughters of the town
- Adoniran Barbosa (1910–1982), composer, actor and singer
- Maurice Capovila (* 1936), film director and screenwriter
- Franciela Krasucki (* 1988), sprinter
Web links
- Official website of Prefeitura Valinhos
- Official website of Câmara Valinhos (link no longer available. February 5, 2009)
Individual evidence
- ^ Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics . 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2019: "2018 Estimates of Population"
- ^ Prefeiture de Valinhos: Prefeito