Votuporanga
Encyclopedia
Votuporanga is a municipality in the Northwest of the São Paulo state
, Brazil
. The city is located 520 km from São Paulo
. The population of the city, according to the IBGE
, is of 84,692 inhabitants.
Votuporanga is the center of a Microregion
with 139,475 inhabitants.
Carlos (Karl) Helving and Guilherme (Wilhelm) Von Trumbach. The beginning of the city has relations with the coffee production
in the region.
.
Votuporanga has a relevant industry of furniture
, characterized by small and medium companies. These firms employs about 15,000 workers.
of the city, measured by the UNDP, was 0.817 in 2000.
(Faculdades de Tecnologia do Estado de São Paulo).
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. The city is located 520 km from São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. The population of the city, according to the IBGE
IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...
, is of 84,692 inhabitants.
Votuporanga is the center of a Microregion
Microregion of Votuporanga
The Microregion of Votuporanga is located on the northwest of São Paulo state, Brazil, and is made up of 9 municipalities. It belongs to the Mesoregion of São José do Rio Preto....
with 139,475 inhabitants.
History
The city was founded on August 8, 1937 by the germansGermans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
Carlos (Karl) Helving and Guilherme (Wilhelm) Von Trumbach. The beginning of the city has relations with the coffee production
Coffee production in Brazil
Coffee production in Brazil is responsible for about a third of all coffee, making Brazil by far the world's largest producer, a position the country has held for the last 150 years....
in the region.
Economy
73.85% of the city's GDP is generated by the Tertiary sector, and 23.61% comes from the IndustryIndustry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
.
Votuporanga has a relevant industry of furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
, characterized by small and medium companies. These firms employs about 15,000 workers.
Demographics
The HDIHuman Development Index
The Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries...
of the city, measured by the UNDP, was 0.817 in 2000.
Health
The city has 3 hospitals, the Casa de Saúde e Maternidade Nossa Srª Aparecida, the Hospital Santa Catarina and the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Votuporanga.Education
There are 3 universities in the city: the UNIFEV, the REGES, and a branch of the FATECSão Paulo State Technological College
The São Paulo State Technological Colleges or FATECs are public institutions of higher education belonging to CEETEPS , governmental maintainer. The FATECs are important Brazilian institutions of higher education, being pioneers in the graduation of technologists...
(Faculdades de Tecnologia do Estado de São Paulo).