Lençóis Paulista is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the Central West region of the state of

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. The population is 68,990 (2020 est.) in an area of 810 km². The elevation is 550 m. It is home of the largest library in the interior of the

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, an institution of higher learning, and a

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technical school.

History

The city was founded on April 28, 1858. It was originally named "Lençóis", but a 1940s' decree by then Brazilian president

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determined that there could be no homonymous cities in Brazil, and since there was already an older city called

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(in

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state), the city was renamed Lençóis Paulista. The original proposal was to rename it Ubirama, but the population wanted to keep the original name.

Geography

The territory is drained by waters of the

Lençóis River The Lençóis River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo ( Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tribu ...

, which is also the source responsible for the water supply of the city. The climate is subtropical, with maximum temperatures around 38 °C between November and February, and minimum temperatures around 4 °C between June and August. The neighboring municipalities of Lençóis Paulista are

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and

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to the north;

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to the west; Avaré and

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to the south; and

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and

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to the east.

Economy

The economic foundation of the city is its industry, which highlights its production of sugar, alcohol, cellulose, oil, metal structures, renewable energy and food. Its main agricultural products are sugar cane, corn, beans, and wood. The city's commerce, which for many years was subordinate to the neighboring city of

Bauru Bauru () is a Brazilian municipality located in the interior of São Paulo state, recognized as the most populous city in the Central-West region of São Paulo. It is one of the 19 municipalities comprising the Bauru Immediate Geographic Region ...

, today is passing through a period of expansion with the building of the Lençóis Paulista Shopping. The municipality has a Commercial and Industrial Association, the ACILPA, which develops work in partnership with SEBRAE,

and the municipal government. It has the second highest

GDP Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the total market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries. GDP is often used to measure the economic performance o ...

of the Administrative Region of Bauru, and has become the central hub of a commercial micro-region that includes the municipalities of

and

. The city has a mall and an annual industrial trade fair called the FACILPA.

Media

In telecommunications, the city was served by

Companhia Telefônica Brasileira Companhia Telefônica Brasileira (CTB) was a Brazilian fixed-line telephone company that provided services to the states of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (state), São Paulo, as well as Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo thr ...

until 1973, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo. In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).

References

External links

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Official Website
- Prefeitura Municipal de Lençóis Paulista Municipalities in São Paulo (state) Populated places established in 1858 1858 establishments in Brazil {{MesoregionBauru-geo-stub