Presidente Prudente is a city ''(

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)'' 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 GaW ...

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. The city has a population of 230,371 inhabitants (

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/2020) and area of 562.8 km². The city is named after

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Prudente de Morais Prudente José de Morais e Barros (; 4 October 1841 – 3 December 1902) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who was the third president of Brazil. He is notable as the first civilian president of the country, the first to be elected by dire ...

. Prudente is located 558 km from the city of

. Presidente Prudente is considered the sixth best city in the state of

to live in. Among 5,560 Brazilian cities, it occupies the 29th place for most promising cities to build a career.

History

Presidente Prudente was founded in 1917.

Demographics

*Total Population: 220,599 (IBGE/2014) *Literacy rate: 98% *Human Development Index: 0.846 *Regional Population: 806,954 inhabitants.

Climate

The city is well known for its hot temperatures in summer, when the

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sometimes exceeds 40 °C (104 °F, in the months of October through February (from spring to summer). However, cold weather prevails in winter, as -1.8 °C (28.8 °F) was recorded in 1975 and 0 °C (32 °F) in 2000.

Education

There are 130 schools and 3 universities in Presidente Prudente that together gather over 80 thousand students. It also has integrated colleges like Toledo, SESI and SENAI with more than 110 undergraduate courses. Universities: * São Paulo State University - UNESP * University of Western São Paulo - UNOESTE * Union of Colleges - UNIESP Colleges: * Toledo Integrated Colleges * FATEC * Uninter * Cesumar * LFG * Damasio

Health

In Presidente Prudente there are over 15 hospitals, a Teaching Hospital, Santa Casa da Misericórdia (Sisters of Mercy), 20 establishments of health service, and more than 11 private clinics. The Teaching Hospital (''Hospital Universitário'' in Portuguese) (HU/HR) was once the largest university hospital in

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.http://www.hospital.unoeste.br/novo/fotos/?album=arquivos/Visao Externa

Economy

The Tertiary sector is the most relevant for the city, corresponding to 80.94% of Prudente's GDP. The

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is 18.40% 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 ...

corresponds to 0.65%.

Leisure & Culture

The city of Presidente Prudente has theatres, 13 social clubs, like the Eduardo José Farah's Stadium (with the largest capacity in the interior of Brazil - 45,000 people) and the "Rancho Quarto de Milha" is the largest indoor arena in Latin America.

Transportation

* SP-270 ''Rodovia'' Raposo Tavares * SP-425 ''Rodovia'' Assis Chateaubriand * SP-501 ''Rodovia'' Júlio Budisk Presidente Prudente has scheduled air connections to and from Presidente Prudente Airport.

Notable natives

* Camilo Sanvezzo, footballer * Antônio Carlos Zago, footballer * Pablo (Pablo Freitas Cardoso Mello) *

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, actress and model * Thiaguinho, singer

References

External links

* http://www.presidenteprudente.sp.gov.br/ Official Site of the Prefecture (in Portuguese).
UNESP University
(in Portuguese).
Satellite photo of Presidente Prudente
Google Maps.
Unoeste University
(in Portuguese). * https://archive.today/20121127030422/http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/novo/index.asp (in Portuguese). {{DEFAULTSORT:Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo Populated places established in 1917