Guapiaçu is a municipality in the

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, with a population, measured in 2020 by the

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, of 21,775 and an area of . Is located in the north/northwest of the state, from

São José do Rio Preto São José do Rio Preto () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located at the northwest portion of the state, 440 km (273 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 700 km (435 mi) from Brasília. As o ...

. The city name comes from the

Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the aboriginal Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. It belongs to ...

, and means "Big spring (of a river)".

History

The settlement of the region began at the end of the 19th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, the city was a village named Ribeirão Claro. On 28 November 1927 the village was elevated to a district. The name changed to its current form in 1945. The city was established as a municipality on 30 November 1953, when it was separated from Rio Preto.

Demographics

Indicators

*Population: 17,869 (IBGE/2010) *Area: *

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 RosenberPopu ...

: 54.8/km² (2,451.5/sq mi) *Urbanization: 88.4% (2010) *

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 ...

: 11.59/1,000 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 ...

: 9.9/1,000 births (2009) *Literacy rate: 90.26 (2000) *

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, wh ...

: 0.817 (

UNDP The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...

/2000) All indicators are from SEADE and IBGE.

Economy

Manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to ...

is the economic basis of Guapiaçu, producing 53.2% of the city's GDP. 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 second ...

provides 39.4% of 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 ...

7.3%.

Transportation

SP-425 Rodovia Assis Chateubriand (officially designated SP-425) is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Its name honours the Brazilian journalist and press tycoon, Assis Chateaubriand, owner of Diários Associados. The highway, which is singl ...

"''Rodovia'' Assis Chateaubriand", to

* ''Estrada Vicinal'' (Vicinal road) to

Cedral Cedral is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 9,346 (2020 est.) in an area of 197.9 km². The municipality belongs to the mesoregion and microregion of São José do Rio Preto The Microregion of São Jos� ...

References

Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub