São Caetano do Sul
São Caetano do Sul | |
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Municipality | |
Município de São Caetano do Sul Municipality of São Caetano do Sul | |
UTC-2 (BRST) | |
HDI (2010) | 0.862[2] – very high[3] |
Website | São Caetano do Sul |
São Caetano do Sul (or São Caetano) (
It is intensely conurbated with
History
Empire of Brazil 1877–1889
Republic of Brazil 1889–present
The region in which the municipality of São Caetano do Sul is today is occupied since the 16th century when it was known as Tijucuçu. It was an area of estates of residents of the former settlement, later villa (1553), of Santo André da Borda do Campo, extinguished by order of the governor-general Mem de Sá.
In the seventeenth century a group of
In 1871, on the day after the
In 1883 the
Shortly before the Republican coup d'état was created the municipality of São Bernardo, dismembered of the one of São Paulo, and the greater part of the Colonial Nucleus and of the old district of São Caetano was attached to it.
In 1905, São Caetano was elevated to Fiscal District. In 1924 the village became a city. In 1947, in a movement led by the Jornal de São Caetano, a list of 5,197 signatures was made and sent to the State Legislative Assembly, requesting a plebiscite. The popular consultation was held on 24 October 1948; 8,463 people voted in favor of autonomy, and 1,020 voted against. On 24 December 1948, the governor of the state of São Paulo, Ademar de Barros, ratified the decision and created the "municipality of São Caetano do Sul", through State Law n. 233, dated 12/24/1948, adding the qualifier of the South, to distinguish it from Pernambuco's homonym. On 30 December 1953, the County of São Caetano do Sul was created
Geography
São Caetano do Sul is located on a
São Caetano do Sul presents the best social indicators of the whole country, a city considered exemplary in several aspects of the so-called HDI (
The literacy rate is high: 99.6%.
Main nationalities of origin of immigrants living in São Caetano: Italian, Spanish, Arabic, African, Japanese, Portuguese, German, Ukrainian, Lithuanian and Hungarian.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification São Caetano do Sul has a humid subtropical climate. Little hot and rainy summer. Winter mild and subservient. The average annual temperature is around 18 °C, the coldest month in July (average of 15 °C) and the warmest in February (average of 21 °C). The annual rainfall index is around 1 360 mm.
Climate data for São Caetano do Sul | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.9 (76.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.0 (57.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
10.4 (50.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 223 (8.8) |
213 (8.4) |
168 (6.6) |
74 (2.9) |
53 (2.1) |
46 (1.8) |
35 (1.4) |
40 (1.6) |
71 (2.8) |
127 (5.0) |
121 (4.8) |
187 (7.4) |
1,361 (53.6) |
Source: Climatempo[6] |
Economy
São Caetano do Sul belongs to the region of
People from various regions of the metropolis go to the city on the job, coming mainly from the region of ABC itself and from the districts of the south and east of São Paulo that border the city.
Commerce is also a strong economic target for the city, which houses the headquarters of the Casas Bahia store chain, founded in 1952 by the Jewish immigrant Samuel Klein.
With the real estate growth in the region, a number of developments were created, among them Moov Espaço Cerâmica, which contributed to the generation of jobs in the city's civil construction.[citation needed]
Standard of living
São Caetano do Sul boasts the highest social indicators anywhere in the country (even if using indexes such as those that compute the HDI formula). Illiteracy rates are very low and most people enjoy a safe city with well-maintained infrastructure. São Caetano has no
The city is served by a comprehensive network of bus routes that also connects São Caetano to its neighboring towns. There is also one commuter train line (operated by
Demographics
Immigrants from many nationalities have settled in São Caetano but the most significant groups are those of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese ancestry. In the 1950s, nationals from rural Northeastern Brazil started arriving as the region experienced a rapid industrialization boom.
Access to domestic goods (% of population)
- Cellphones: 99.7%
- Telephone landlines: 99%
- Cars: 80.3%
- Personal Computers: 90.1%
- Color TVs: 99.4%
- Freezers: 100%
Higher education
The city is served by three institutions of higher education: The
References
External links
- São Caetano do Sul travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality government
- São Caetano Guia