Presidente Prudente is a municipality (município) in the state of São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

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, Brazil

Brazil

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. The city has a population of 207,610 inhabitants (IBGE

IBGE

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/2010) and area of 562.8 km². The city is named after president

President of Brazil

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 Prudente de Morais

Prudente de Morais

Prudente José de Morais Barros was the third president of Brazil . His presidency lasted from November 15, 1894 until November 15, 1898...

. Prudente is located 558 km from the city of São Paulo

São Paulo

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Presidente Prudente is considered the sixth best city in the state of 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...

 to live in. Among 5,560 Brazilian cities, it occupies the 29th place for most promising cities to build a career.

Demographics

• Total Population: 207,610 (IBGE/2010)
• Literacy rate: 98%
• Human Development Index: 0.846
• Regional Population: 806,954 inhabitants.

Climate

The city is known as much for its hot temperatures in summer, when the heat index

Heat index

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 sometimes exceeds 40°C (104°F, in the months of October through February (from spring to summer). However, cold weather prevails in winter, as -1.8°C was recorded in 1975 and 0°C in 2000.

Education

Prudente has 130 schools and 3 universities that together have more than 80 thousand students.
It also has integrated colleges like Toledo, SESI and SENAI with more than 110 undergraduate courses.

Universities:

• University of western São Paulo - UNOESTE
• São Paulo State University - UNESP
  Unesp
  Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho is one of the six public universities of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, with USP, UFABC, UNIFESP, UFSCar and UNICAMP. It's a part of the state’s higher education system.UNESP has a combined student body of almost 40,000 spread among its 23...
  
  
• Union of Colleges - UNIESP

Colleges:

• Toledo Integrated Colleges
• FATEC
• Uninter
• Cesumar
• LFG
• Damasio

Health

Presidente Prudente has more than 15 hospitals, a Teaching Hospital, Santa Casa (Sisters of Mercy), 20 establishments of health service, and more than 11 private clinics.

The Teaching Hospital (Hospital Universitário in portuguese) (HU/HR) was once the largest university hospital in Latin America

Latin America

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Economy

The Tertiary sector is the most relevant for the city, corresponding to 80.94% of Prudente's GDP. The Secondary sector is 18.40% of the GDP and the Primary sector corresponds to 0.65%.

Leisure & Culture

The city of Presidente Prudente has theaters, 13 social clubs, like the Eduardo José Farah's Stadium (with the largest capacity in the interior of Brazil - 65,000 people) and the "Rancho Quarto de Milha" is the largest indoor arena in Latin America.

Transportation

• SP-270 Rodovia Raposo Tavares
• SP-425 Rodovia Assis Chateaubriand
• SP-501
  SP-501
  SP-501 is a state highway in the state of São Paulo in Brazil....
  
   Rodovia Júlio Budisk

Presidente Prudente has scheduled air connections to and from Presidente Prudente Airport

Presidente Prudente Airport

Presidente Prudente State Airport is the airport serving Presidente Prudente, Brazil.It is operated by DAESP.-Airlines and destinations:-Accidents and incidents:...

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External links

• http://www.presidenteprudente.sp.gov.br/ Official Site of the Prefecture (in Portuguese).
• UNESP University (in Portuguese).
• Satellite photo of Presidente Prudente. Google Maps.
• Unoeste University (in Portuguese).
• http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/novo/index.asp (in Portuguese).