Alumínio
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| State: | 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... |
| Meso-region: | Paulista Macro-Metropolitan |
| Microrregions: | Sorocaba Sorocaba (micro-region) The Microregion of Sorocaba is a microregion in the central part of São Paulo State, Brazil.- Municipalities:* Alumínio* Araçariguama* Araçoiaba da Serra* Cabreúva* Capela do Alto* Iperó* Itu* Mairinque* Porto Feliz* Salto* Salto de Pirapora... |
| Location Location (geography) The terms location and place in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term 'location' generally implies a higher degree of can certainty than "place" which often has an ambiguous boundary relying more on human/social attributes of place identity... : |
23.5331/23°32'6" S, 47.6525/47°15'43" W |
| Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat... : |
83.7 km² |
| Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... : |
16,019 (2004) Ranked 293rd |
| Population density Population density Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans... : |
191.39/km² |
| Elevation Elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface .... : |
790 m |
| Postal code: | 18125-xxx |
| Area/distance code: | (00)55-11 |
| Website: | www.aluminio.sp.gov.br |
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| Urban: | 12,727 |
| Rural: | 1,525 |
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| Literacy rate: | 92.98% |
| Distance from state capital: | 74 km west |
Alumínio (Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
meaning aluminum) is a 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...
ian city of the state of 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...
. The population in 2003 is 16,019 and the area is 83.7 km². Its latitude is 23.5331/23°32'6" S and the longitude is 47.5625/47°15'43" W The elevation is 790 m. Alumínio is located east of Sorocaba
Sorocaba
Sorocaba is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the fourth largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, Sao Jose dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto...
and is also a suburban area. The main employer in Alumínio is Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio
Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio
Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio CBA is the largest aluminium producer in Brazil having a total annual production of around 480,000 tonnes.It is headquartered in the city of São Paulo.- History :...
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Possui uma área de 83,70 km².
History
The history of the city starts with the Rodovalho Railway, named after Col. Antônio Proost Rodovalho, owner of a factory in Alumínio. His factory existed until 1920. Alumínio was part of São Roque city until MairinqueMairinque
Mairinque is a small city near Sorocaba, in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The city has a population of 45,376, and an area of 210.28 km², which includes an urban area of 18 km² plus a surrounding hinterland...
was emancipated as an independent city and yet, Alumínio was just a borough of Mairinque. In 1991, Alumínio was emancipated and became a city.
Population history
| Year | Population | Change | Density |
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| 2001 | 15,252 | - | 182.22/km² |
| 2005 | 16,018 | - | 191.39/km² |
Demographics
According to the 2000 IBGEIBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...
Census, the population was 15,252, of which 13,727 are urban and 1,525 are rural. Its life expectancy for the city was 69.03 years. The literacy rate was at 92.89%.