Editing Botucatu (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Botucatu
| native_name             = 
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]]
| image_shield            = Brasão de Botucatu.jpg
| image_flag               = Bandeira Botucatu SaoPaulo Brasil.svg
| image_skyline           = Botucatu - vistas 250906 REFON 4.jpg
| image_caption           = Metropolitan Cathedral of Santana
| image_map               = SaoPaulo Municip Botucatu.svg
| map_caption             = Location in São Paulo  state
| pushpin_map             = Brazil
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Brazil
| coordinates             = {{coord|22|53|09|S|48|26|42|W|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = Brazil
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Mesoregions of Brazil|Mesoregion]]
| subdivision_name3       = 
| subdivision_type4       = [[Microregion (Brazil)|Microregion]]
| subdivision_name4       = 
| subdivision_type5       = [[Metropolitan area#Brazil|Metrop. region]]
| subdivision_name5       = 
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| leader_party            = 
| leader_title            = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name             = 
| elevation_m             = 
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 1482.64
| area_metro_km2          = 
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_est          = 148130
| population_rank         = 204th, Brazil
| pop_est_as_of           = 2020
| population_as_of        = 2010
| population_total        = 127328
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      = {{lang|pt|botucatuense}}
| blank_name_sec1         = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] 
| blank_info_sec1         = 
| timezone1               = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]]
| utc_offset1             = -03:00
| timezone1_DST           = [[Daylight saving time in Brazil|BRST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = -02:00
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in Brazil|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 
| area_code_type          = [[List of dialling codes in Brazil|Area code]]
| area_code               = 
| website                 = 
}}
'''Botucatu''' is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located {{convert|224.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[São Paulo]], the capital of the [[São Paulo (state)|state of São Paulo]]. It has an estimated population of 148,130 (as of 2020) in an area of {{convert|1482.64|km²|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=IBGE &#124; Cidades@ &#124; São Paulo &#124; Botucatu &#124; Panorama |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/sp/botucatu/panorama |website=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |trans-website=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics |trans-title=IBGE &#124; Cities@ &#124; São Paulo &#124; Botucatu &#124; Panorama |language=pt |access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref> It lies on the top of a plateau ({{convert|804|m|ft|abbr=off}} high).{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} Botucatu became a village in 1855, and a city in 1876.<ref>{{cite web |title=IBGE &#124; Cidades@ &#124; São Paulo &#124; Botucatu &#124; História & Fotos |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/sp/botucatu/historico |website=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |trans-website=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics |trans-title=IBGE &#124; Cities@ &#124; São Paulo &#124; Botucatu &#124; History & Photos |language=pt |access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref>

The region has humid-subtropical weather, with dry, cold winters and hot, wet summers. During winter the temperature rarely falls below {{convert|2|°C|0}}. During most of the year, mainly at night, a breeze blowing over São Paulo plateau, from which Botucatu elevates about {{convert|200|m|ft|abbr=on}}, cools the city and surroundings; this cold everyday wind from the high plateaus is where the city got its name from.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

Botucatu's biggest employer is [[UNESP]], one of the three [[São Paulo]] state universities, one of the top universities in all of Latin America and part of several World Top Universities list,{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} making the city an important center for medical research and education. In particular, the city has two campuses, one centered on biomedical sciences, including a school of medicine, an Institute of Biosciences and school of veterinarian sciences, and the other centered on agricultural sciences. The leading industrial company is [[Embraer]] through a subsidiary, [[Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva|Neiva]], that has a [[multipurpose plant]] there but primarily manufacture the [[Embraer EMB 202 Ipanema|EMB 202 "Ipanemão"]] crop spraying aircraft. Along with [[Rondonópolis]] and [[Ribeirão Preto]], it is one of the centers of the large Brazilian airborne spraying industry. The city has also two bus bodyworks builders, the Brazilian {{ill|CAIO Induscar|pt}} and the Basque [[Irizar]]. Besides UNESP, there are other private colleges.

The city boasts a higher than usual elementary and mid-level educational network, including public and private institutions. It is also an important center for "organic" agriculture being the site of a recognized certification body.