Catanduva is a municipality in the state of

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. The population is 122,497 (2020 est.) in an area of 290.59 km². Is the second largest city in the Northern part of the state, after

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. The city has a diversified economy, and the cultivation and processing of

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is relevant. Catanduva is the center of the

microregion of Catanduva The Microregion of Catanduva () is located on the north of São Paulo state, Brazil, and is made up of 13 municipalities. It belongs to the Mesoregion of São José do Rio Preto. The microregion has a population of 221,465 inhabitants, in an area ...

with 221,465 inhabitants, in an area of 2,283.6 km².

History

The history of Catanduva begins in the middle of the 19th century, in lands that belonged to

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and, posteriorly, originated the cities of Monte Alto,

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and

. In the beginning of the 20th century, Catanduva was known as ''Cerradinho'', a small village. On December 16, 1909, the village was elevated to district, with the name of ''Vila Adolpho'', and on April 14, 1918, the municipality of Catanduva was established. The founders of Catanduva remain unknown, as there are two different histories. One of the versions tells that the small community of "Cerradinho", a little town built on the banks of the São Domingos river, was founded by the Figueiredo family, from

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. The other famous version tells that the city was founded by Antônio Maximiano Rodrigues, also from Minas Gerais, who bought lands on the region, by the end of the 19th century. Later, part of these lands were donated to the ''São Domingos'' (

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) parish. Saint Dominic is the patron saint of Catanduva.

Name

Catanduva (Caa-tã-dyba in Tupi-guarani language) is a word of indigenous origin meaning "rough grass" or "unhealthy vegetation". It is a reference to the Brazilian

Cerrado The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

, the region's typical vegetation.

Geography

Climate

The climate is

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sub-hot humid (3 dry months), with dry and mild winters and hot, wet summers. The average temperature of the coldest month is above 17 °C, and the average precipitation of the driest month is less than 60 mm. Its

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is Aw. The average annual temperature is 25.33 °C.

Hydrography

* São Domingos river * ribeirão "Barro Preto" * ribeirão "Fundo" * ribeirão "Dos Coqueiros" * ribeirão "Do retirinho" * ribeirão "Jacu"

Economy

The economic basis of the city is the

Tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

. Commerce and services corresponds to 70.5% of the GDP. The Industry is responsible for 28.5% of the city GDP.

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is one of the main exported products of Catanduva. The cultivation and processing of

is relevant in the region.

Demographics

Indicators

*Population: 112,820 (IBGE/2010) *Area: 290.6 km² (166.5 sq mi) *

Population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

: 388.24/km² (2,451.5/sq mi) *Urbanization: 99.2% (2010) *

Sex ratio A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. However, many species deviate from an even sex ratio, ei ...

(Males to Females): 94.77 (2011) *

Birth rate Birth rate, also known as natality, is the total number of live childbirth, human births per 1,000 population for a given period divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registr ...

: 12.65/1,000 inhabitants (2009) *

Infant mortality Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday. The occurrence of infant mortality in a population can be described by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age ...

: 9.17/1,000 births (2009) *

HDI The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which ...

: 0.833 (

UNDP The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes on developing local capacity towar ...

/2000) All indicators are from SEADE and IBGE

Media

In telecommunications, the city was served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo. In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).

Sports

Grêmio Catanduvense de Futebol is the city's professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club. It replaced other now-defunct football clubs, Catanduva Esporte Clube,

Grêmio Esportivo Catanduvense Grêmio Esportivo Catanduvense, usually known simply as Catanduvense, or as GEC, was a Brazilian football club from Catanduva, São Paulo state. History Grêmio Esportivo Catanduvense was founded on February 5, 1970, two years after another clu ...

, Catanduva Esporte e Clube, and Clube Atlético Catanduvense. The city's stadium is the '' Estádio Municipal Sílvio Salles''.

Notable people

Alex Sandro Alex Sandro Lobo da Silva (born 26 January 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Brazil national team. At club level, Alex Sandro began his career with ...

, football player *

Luis Paulo Supi Luis Paulo Supi (born October 10, 1996) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster. He became a grandmaster in 2018 by winning Magistral Acre and won the title of Brazilian Chess Champion in 2021. In addition to being a professional player, Supi is also a ...

, chess Grandmaster *

Altobeli da Silva Altobeli Santos da Silva (born 3 December 1990) is a Brazilian distance runner. He finished ninth in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2017, he competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Athletics Ch ...

, Brazilian distance runner * Alan Patrick, football player *

Athos de Oliveira Athos Procópio de Oliveira Filho (born 3 January 1943) is a former international freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Brazil. At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, he finished 7th in the 100 metre backstroke. He also swam the 4 × 100 ...

, swimmer

References

External links

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