Brodowski is a municipality in the state of

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. With an area of , of which is urban, it is located 305 km from

, the state capital, and 580 km from

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, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 25,201 inhabitants, according to the

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(IBGE), ranking as the 218th most populous municipality in the state of São Paulo.

Geography

The territory of Brodowski covers , of which constitutes the urban area. It sits at an average altitude of 861 meters above

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. Brodowski borders these municipalities: to the north,

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; to the south,

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and Serrana; to the east,

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; and to the west, Jardinópolis. The city is located 305 km from the state capital

, and 580 km from the federal capital

. Under the territorial division established in 2017 by the

(IBGE), the municipality belongs to the immediate geographical region of Ribeirão Preto, within the intermediate region of Ribeirão Preto. RELATORIO_DTB_BRASIL_2024_MUNICIPIOS.ods within zip file. Previously, under the

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and mesoregion divisions, it was part of the microregion of Ribeirão Preto in the mesoregion of Ribeirão Preto.

Demographics

Between the censuses of

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and

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, the population of Brodowski registered a growth of just over 19.4%, with an annual geometric growth rate of 1.49%. With 25,201 inhabitants in the 2022 census, the municipality ranked only 218th in the state that year, with 50.97% female and 49.03% male, resulting in a sex ratio of 96.19 (9,619 men for every 10,000 women), compared to 21,107 inhabitants in the 2010 census (97.58% living in the urban area), when it held the 237th state position. Regarding

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in the 2022 census, 69.26% of the inhabitants were between 15 and 64 years old, 18.47% were under fifteen, and 12.27% were 65 or older. The

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in 2022 was 90.50 inhabitants per square kilometer, with an average of 2.83 inhabitants per household. The municipality's

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(HDI-M) is considered high, according to data from the

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. According to the 2010 report published in 2013, its value was 0.755, ranking 195th in the state (out of 645 municipalities) and 453th nationally (out of 5,565 municipalities), and the

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rose from 0.39 in 2003 to 0.44 in 2010. Considering only the longevity index, its value is 0.864, the income index is 0.738, and the education index is 0.675.

Notable people

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, painter.

References

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