São Carlos facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
São Carlos
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Municipality
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| The Municipality of São Carlos | |||
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Views of São Carlos, Top left:Night view of São Carlos Cathedral, Top right:Federal University of São Carlos, 2nd:Planes display in Wings of a Dream Museum, P-47D Thunderbolt(left), Santos Dumont Demoiselle(right), Middle:São Carlos Railroad Station, Entrance Building(left), track and platform(right), 4th left:Chamine Garden, 4th right:Alvaro Guiao School, Bottom:Night view of Downtown São Carlos from Iguatemi Shopping Mall
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| Nickname(s):
The Capital of Technology,
Weather City and Sanca |
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Location in the São Paulo state.
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 São Carlos
Location in Brazil
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| Region | Southeast | ||
| State | São Paulo | ||
| Founded | 4 November 1857 | ||
| Incorporated | 1880 | ||
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| • Municipality | 1,136.907 km2 (438.962 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 67.25 km2 (25.97 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 856 m (2,808.4 ft) | ||
| Population
(2017/IBGE)
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| • Municipality | 246,088 | ||
| • Density | 216.45/km2 (560.6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) | ||
| Website | saocarlos.sp.gov.br – São Carlos' Prefecture | ||
| HDI (2000) 0.841 – high | |||
São Carlos is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo, 254 kilometers from the city of São Paulo. With a population of 249,415 inhabitants, it is the 13th largest city in the state in terms of the number of residents, being almost in the center of the state of São Paulo. The municipality is formed by the headquarters and the districts of Água Vermelha, Bela Vista São-Carlense, Santa Eudóxia and Vila Nery.
The city is an important regional industrial center, with the economy based on industrial activities and farming, such as the production of sugar cane, orange, milk and chicken. Served by road and rail systems, São Carlos houses several multinational companies. Given local and, in some ways, regional needs, there is a network of commerce and services distributed in street stores, convenience stores and a mall of the Iguatemi network. In the field of research, besides the universities, two centers of technical development of Embrapa are present in the municipality. São Carlos is the first city in South America in numbers of doctors per inhabitant, according to a survey done since 2006 by UFSCar. In all, there are 1,700 PhDs, which represents one for every 135 inhabitants. In Brazil, the ratio is one PhD per 5423 inhabitants.
The city is home to several public higher education institutions, such as the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), two campi of the University of São Paulo (USP), the Federal Institute of São Paulo (IFSP) and FATEC, as well as a private higher education institution. This makes intense the university activity in the city, which affects the population count. For this reason, São Carlos has a floating population of more than twenty-nine thousand graduates and graduate students, mostly from other cities and states.
Images for kids
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Saint Charles Borromeo Giving Alms to the Poor, an 1853 painting by José Salomé Pina – the town of São Carlos is named after the Catholic saint Carlos Borromeo, the cardinal archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584.
See also
In Spanish: São Carlos para niños
