Fernandópolis is a municipality in the state of

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

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. The population is 69,402 (2020 est.) in an area of 550 km². Fernandópolis is the center of the

microregion of Fernandópolis The Microregion of Fernandópolis ( pt, Microrregião de Fernandópolis) is located on the northwest 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 p ...

with 104,623 inhabitants and area of 2,811.7 km².

History

The beginning of the city has relation with the

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creation in the region and the opening of a "cow road" (''Estrada Boiadeira'') in the beginning of the 20th century. The coffee production in the region begins in 1917. On November 30, 1944, the district was established and on January 1, 1945, the municipality of Fernandópolis was officially established with the emancipation from

Tanabi Tanabi is a municipality in the northwestern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 26,101 inhabitants (IBGE/2020). The city is located 447 km from the city of São Paulo and 30 km from São José do Rio Preto. Tanabi ...

Geography

Fernandópolis is located in the northwest of São Paulo state, 555 km from the city of

Economy

The

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is the economic basis of Fernandópolis. Commerce, services and public administration corresponds to 69.6% of the city GDP.

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is 26.7% of the GDP, and the

Primary sector The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in de ...

corresponds to 3.6%.

Culture

The city hosts an annual

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, the ''Exposição de Fernandópolis'', with

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and other leisure options.

Demographics

Indicators

*Population: 69,836 (IBGE/2017) *Area: 550.0 km² (212.4 sq mi) *

Population density Population density (in agriculture: 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 geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

: 126.97/km² (328.9/sq mi) *Urbanization: 96.9% (2010) *

Sex ratio The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as 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. Many species devia ...

(Males to Females): 94.77 (2011) *

Birth rate The birth rate for a given period is the total number of live human births per 1,000 population divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registration system for births; populati ...

: 10.10/1,000 inhabitants (2009) *

Infant mortality Infant mortality is the death of young children under the age of 1. This death toll is measured by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the probability of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births. The under-five morta ...

: 7.69/1,000 births (2009) *

HDI The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic 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, whi ...

: 0.832 (

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/2000) All indicators are from SEADE and IBGE

Sports

The city has a professional football team, the

Fernandópolis Futebol Clube Fernandópolis Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Fernandópolis, is a Football in Brazil, Brazilian professional Association football, football club based in Fernandópolis, São Paulo (state), São Paulo. The club competes in the Campeona ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandopolis 1945 establishments in Brazil Populated places established in 1945