Boa Esperança do Sul is a municipality in the

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ian state of

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. The population in 2020 was 15,018 and the area is .Área territorial oficial
The elevation is .

History

Boa Esperança do Sul ( en, Good Hope of the South) was known as São Sebastião de Boa Esperança ( en, St. Sebastian of Good Hope) since the late 19th-century. In July 1895, it became a district, with the name of Boa Esperança. In 1944, it was renamed Boa Esperança do Sul.

Government

* Mayor: Marcão Rosim (2013–2016)

Geography

Boa Esperança do Sul is located in the southern-

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al part of Brazil, at 21 degrees, 59 minutes, 33 second south, and 48 degrees, 23 minutes, 27 seconds west, at an altitude of , in the internal part of the

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. It covers an area of . ;Rivers * Boa Esperança River * Jacaré Pepira River * Jacaré-Guaçu River

Demography

Its population in 2020 was 15,018 inhabitants. Total population: 13,750 (2011 Census)(Source: IPEADATA) * Urban: 10,753 * Rural: 1,820 * Men: 6,391 * Women: 6,182 * Density (inhabitants/km²): 18.81 * Infant mortality up to 1 year old (per thousand): 17.78 *

Life expectancy Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, current age, and other demographic factors like sex. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth ...

(years): 70.23 *

Fertility rate The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if: # she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime # she were ...

(children per woman): 2.79 *

Literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

: 85.65% *

Human Development Index 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, wh ...

(HDI): 0.755 ** Income: 0.688 ** Longevity: 0.754 ** Education: 0,822

Economy

Its

economy An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...

is based on

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

, especially

coffee Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world. Seeds of ...

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...

, sugarcane,

maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The ...

soya bean The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and ...

s plantations, agribusiness, dairy, and

beef Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus''). 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 quantit ...

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ma ...

Transport

* SP-255 Highway

References

External links

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