Sorocaba [1] ( port. Sorocaba ) is a city and municipality in Brazil , part of the state of São Paulo . A component of the Mesoregion Macroregion of the São Paulo Metropolitan Area . Included in the economic and statistical micro-region of Sorocaba and the urban agglomeration of Sorocaba . The population is 559 157 people for 2007 and 637 187 people for 2014 [2] . It covers an area of 449,122 km². The population density is 1.419 people / km².
| Municipality | |||||
| Sorocaba | |||||
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| Sorocaba | |||||
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| A country |  Brazil | ||||
| State | Sao paulo state | ||||
| The mayor | Jacqueline Coutinou ( PDU ) | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Based | 1654 | ||||
| Square | 449,122 km² | ||||
| Center height | 601 m | ||||
| Climate type | subtropical | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 3 , summer UTC − 2 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 637,187 people ( 2014 ) | ||||
| Density | 1.418.7 people / km² | ||||
| Katoykonim | sorocabano (a) | ||||
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| Telephone code | +55 15 | ||||
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Content
History
The city was founded on August 15, 1654 by Balthasar Fernandez .
Statistics
- The gross domestic product for 2005 is 9.186.225 mil reais (data: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ).
- The gross domestic product per capita for 2005 is 16.254.00 reais (data: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ).
- The 2000 Human Development Index is 0.828 (data: UN Development Program ).
Geography
Climate: subtropical.
Notes
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - S. 446. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .
- ↑ Population Estimation as of July 1, 2014 (2014). - "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics." Date of appeal September 12, 2014.