Bernardino de Campos is a municipality in the state of
São Paulo
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in
Brazil
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. The population is 11,158 (2020 est.) in an area of 244.2 km
2. The elevation is .
History
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Bernardino de Campos became a municipality on 9 October 1923 by State Law No. 1929, introduced on 22 December of the same year. Until 1886 it was a small village called Douradão, then it took the name of Figueira, and subsequently it was renamed as Peace district ( pt, distrito da Paz), and, finally,
Bernardino José de Campos Júnior
Bernardino José de Campos Júnior (6 September 1841 — 18 January 1915) was a Brazilian politician. He was governor of São Paulo from 23 August 1892 to 15 April 1896 and 3 July 1902 to 1 May 1904.
Campos was born in Pouso Alegre. He served a ...
, in honor of the governor of the State of São Paulo of that time. With the arrival of the Sorocabana railroad in 1907, gradually it developed its economy, which is based on agriculture, especially
coffee
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S ...
,
cotton
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,
sugarcane
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,
maize
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, and
soya bean
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Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and ...
s plantations, and also
agribusiness
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in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise.
The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...
, and
dairy
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and
beef
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In prehistoric times, humankind hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. Since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quantity ...
cattle
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s.
Bernardino de Campos Anthem
The municipal
anthem
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, with lyrics written by Peter Jamil Sawaya and music composed by Antenor Ferreira de Godoy, was approved by the city council on the bill discussed on 7 December 1970.
[ Anthem of the Municipality of Bernardino de Campos (in Portuguese) at ]Wikisource
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.
Geography
Bernardino de Campos is located at an altitude of , in the interior part of the
State of São Paulo
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, away from
the capital
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, and it is surrounded by the
Paranapanema
Paranapanema is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
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and
Pardo
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rivers. Its population was 11,777 inhabitants in 2010 census.
References
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Municipalities in São Paulo (state)
1923 establishments in Brazil