Bragança Paulista is a municipality in the state of São PauloinBrazil. The population is 170,533 (2020 est.) in an area of 512.6 km².[2] The elevation is 817 m.
Bragança Paulista
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View from Lago do Taboão
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Location in São Paulo state
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  Bragança Paulista Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 22°57′11″S 46°32′32″W / 22.95306°S 46.54222°W / -22.95306; -46.54222 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | São Paulo |
| Mesoregion | Macro-metropolitana Paulista |
| Microregion | Bragança Paulista |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Amauri Sodré Da Silva (DEM) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 512.6 km2 (197.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 856 m (2,808 ft) |
| Population
(2020 [1])
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| • Total | 170,533 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-03:00 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-02:00 (BRST) |
| Postal code |
12900-000
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| Area code | (+55) 11 |
| Website | www |
The city is famous for its traditional sausages, with several establishments claiming to sell the "real Bragança sausage". Bragança has become a commuter town due to its proximity to São Paulo and Campinas. As a result, real estate is developing at a fast pace and several gated communities have sprung up all over town.
The city is served by Arthur Siqueira Airport dedicated to general aviation.
The city was founded in December 15, 1763 as a settlement next to a small chapel and was originally called Conceição do Jaguari. The founders were Antonio Pires Pimentel and his wife, Ignácia da Silva Pimentel. By February 1765, the settlement was officially recognized and renamed as Distrito de Paz e Freguesia de Conceição do Jaguari. In October of 1767, the location was elevated to the condition of village and renamed as Village of New Bragança (Nova Bragança, after Bragança, Portugal). By 1856, the village of Nova Bragança was broken off from the township of Atibaia, becoming the town of Bragança.[citation needed]
In sports, the most notable football (soccer) team in the city is Bragantino, which plays at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, and was the 1990 Campeonato Paulista champion and 1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up.
The area also has a purportedly good golf course and residential community, Quinta da Baroneza Golf Course.
One of the town's main attractions is Taboão Lake (Lago do Taboão), which houses a number of bars and restaurants. The lakeside is crowded on weekends with many people both inside and outside the bars.
Bragança Paulista has a subtropical climate with hot summers and dry winters.
| Climate data for Bragança Paulista, elevation 874 m (2,867 ft), (2001–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.6 (83.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.4 (83.1) |
26.4 (79.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.5 (61.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 252.5 (9.94) |
154.1 (6.07) |
156.1 (6.15) |
70.2 (2.76) |
58.7 (2.31) |
50.9 (2.00) |
43.8 (1.72) |
30.9 (1.22) |
52.3 (2.06) |
117.2 (4.61) |
164.2 (6.46) |
189.5 (7.46) |
1,340.4 (52.76) |
| Source: Centro Integrado de Informações Agrometeorológicas[3][4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia Telefônica Brasileira until 1973, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo.[7] In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012.[8]
The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).[8]