Franco da Rocha

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Franco da Rocha

Total population

144,849

Founded

1944

Elevation740 m

Land area133.93 km²

Coordinates-23.33°, -46.72°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Franco da Rocha is a municipality in the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 144,849 in an area of 132.78 km2. The suburban city is served by CPTM Line 7 (Ruby).

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in São Paulo

• Botujuru
  7.1 mi away
• Polvilho
  9.2 mi away
• Cajamar
  9.8 mi away · pop. 92,689
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• Aldeia
  14.9 mi away
• Pirapora do Bom Jesus
  18.2 mi away · pop. 18,370
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  21.4 mi away · pop. 22,006
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  22.6 mi away · pop. 21,522
• Nazaré Paulista
  23.1 mi away · pop. 18,217
• Embu das Artes
  23.3 mi away · pop. 250,691
• São João Novo
  24.6 mi away
• Batatuba
  25.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Franco da Rocha

A casa do delírio

Douglas Tavolaro · 2001

O Brasil dos correspondentes

Jan Rocha · 2008

Uma história social do abandono de crianças

Renato Pinto Venâncio · 2010

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