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Presidente Prudente
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Presidente Prudente
Total population
225,668
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Presidente Prudente is a Brazilian municipality located in the interior of São Paulo, approximately 558 kilometers from the state capital, São Paulo.
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History
The area now known as the western region of São Paulo was originally inhabited by indigenous Xavante, Kaingang, and Guarani/Pai Tavytera populations. The territory was characterized by forests on reddish purple soils and grasslands on other soil types. The rise of urban markets in Minas Gerais led wilderness explorers to settle in the region, investing in cattle ranching. This need for land control sparked conflicts with the region's indigenous peoples. As gold reserves in Minas Gerais dwindled, a significant migratory wave moved toward São Paulo. This migration intensified as many from Minas Gerais fled conscription for the Paraguayan War, which lasted from December 1864 to March 1870, and continued after the war ended. In 1893, a path was established between the Campos Novos do Paranapanema region and the Paraná River, connecting it to Mato Grosso. This region saw the expansion of coffee plantations into the reddish purple soils of the south. The ridges of the Western São Paulo Plateau gained value due to their suitability for coffee cultivation. The advance of coffee and the resulting expansion of capitalist control encouraged the occupation and growth of the Far Western São Paulo region. Coffee landowners from older regions moved to Western São Paulo, acquiring land for the purpose of subdividing it into lots, leading to the establishment of subsistence agriculture properties alongside coffee estates. The development of Presidente Prudente was further aided by the railway, which served as the primary means of transporting people and goods for decades. The choice of the urban site was closely tied to the route of the Sorocaba Railway, which followed the ridge lines. With the significant development of the region now encompassing Presidente Prudente, the…
Geography
Presidente Prudente is located in the western region of São Paulo state, within the mesoregion and microregion of the same name, approximately 558 kilometers from São Paulo, the state capital, and 979 kilometers from Brasília, the federal capital. {| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin:1em; border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:88%" |+ Largest 24-hour precipitation accumulations recorded in Presidente Prudente by month (INMET, 1961–present) characterized by rainy, hot summers and dry, cooler winters, with an average annual temperature of approximately . The annual precipitation index is , concentrated in the spring and summer months, The annual insolation is approximately . Another sub-zero record was on 20 July 1981. }} The rural area of Presidente Prudente is characterized by pastures and sparse tree cover, with the soil covered year-round. The municipality exhibits significant diversity in land use, as older neighborhoods are densely populated with considerable tree cover along streets and in backyards. Newer neighborhoods, which form the majority, feature sparse constructions with lawns and scattered tree cover. Housing complexes are densely built. Land use in the city is not highly diversified, with residential use predominating over other uses such as industry, commerce, and services. To implement a more robust environmental management system, the municipal government, through the Municipal Secretariat of the Environment, invests in cleaning public spaces, including the removal of shrubs, litter, and debris, as well as the eradication of leucaena and other non-native species, while creating green areas in the urban zone. Several vacant lots within the urban perimeter are covered with native Cerrado vegetation and are maintained and…
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Nearby places in São Paulo
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- Eneida15.4 mi away
- Araxãs15.7 mi away
- Tarabai16.8 mi away · pop. 6,536
- Iubatinga18.5 mi away
- Boa Esperança d'Oeste21 mi away
- Narandiba21.6 mi away · pop. 5,713
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 3541406
- UF
- SP
- Mesorregião
- Presidente Prudente
- Microrregião
- Presidente Prudente
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
- • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br