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{{Short description|Municipality in São Paulo, Brazil}} {{distinguish|Catanduvas (disambiguation){{!}}Catanduvas}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Catanduva | native_name = | settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]] | image_shield = Brasão Catanduva.png | image_flag = Bandeira catanduva.jpg | image_skyline = Centro de Catanduva, SP.jpg | image_caption = | image_map = SaoPaulo Municip Catanduva.svg | map_caption = Location in São Paulo state | pushpin_map = Brazil | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil | coordinates = {{coord|21|08|16|S|48|58|22|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 = [[Mesoregion of São José do Rio Preto|São José do Rio Preto]] | subdivision_type4 = [[Microregion (Brazil)|Microregion]] | subdivision_name4 = [[Microregion of Catanduva|Catanduva]] | subdivision_type5 = [[Metropolitan area#Brazil|Metrop. region]] | subdivision_name5 = | established_title = | established_date = | leader_party = PL | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = Osvaldo de Oliveira Rosa | elevation_m = 503 | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 290.59 | area_metro_km2 = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 122,497 | population_as_of = 2020 <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/sp/catanduva/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | 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 = Postal code | postal_code = 15800-000 | area_code_type = [[List of dialling codes in Brazil|Area code]] | area_code = +55 17 | website = {{URL|http://www.catanduva.sp.gov.br}} }} '''Catanduva''' is a municipality in the state of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]. The population is 122,497 (2020 est.) in an area of 290.59 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[http://cod.ibge.gov.br/239N9 Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]</ref> Is the second largest city in the Northern part of the state, after [[São José do Rio Preto]]. The city has a diversified economy, and the cultivation and processing of [[sugarcane]] is relevant. Catanduva is the center of the [[microregion of Catanduva]] with 221,465 inhabitants, in an area of 2,283.6 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="IBGE2">{{cite web|title=2010 Census of the IBGE - Synopsis - Tables 761 and 1301|url=http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br/cd/cd2010sp.asp?o=3&i=P|publisher=IBGE.gov.br|access-date=13 July 2011|language=pt}}</ref> ==History== The history of Catanduva begins in the middle of the 19th century, in lands that belonged to [[Araraquara]] and, posteriorly, originated the cities of [[Monte Alto, São Paulo|Monte Alto]], [[Jaboticabal]] and [[São José do Rio Preto]]. In the beginning of the 20th century, Catanduva was known as ''Cerradinho'', a small village. On December 16, 1909, the village was elevated to district, with the name of ''Vila Adolpho'', and on April 14, 1918, the municipality of Catanduva was established.<ref name="Hist">{{cite web|title=History of the city on the Prefecture's official site|url=http://www.catanduva.sp.gov.br/home/?PageGen&p01=1666|publisher=Catanduva.sp.gov.br|access-date=5 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326152358/http://www.catanduva.sp.gov.br/home/?PageGen&p01=1666|archive-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> [[File:Igreja Matriz de Catanduva, SP.jpg|thumb|left|Mother Church of Catanduva.]] The founders of Catanduva remain unknown, as there are two different histories. One of the versions tells that the small community of "Cerradinho", a little town built on the banks of the [[São Domingos River (São Paulo)|São Domingos river]], was founded by the Figueiredo family, from [[Minas Gerais]]. The other famous version tells that the city was founded by Antônio Maximiano Rodrigues, also from Minas Gerais, who bought lands on the region, by the end of the 19th century. Later, part of these lands were donated to the ''São Domingos'' ([[Saint Dominic]]) parish. Saint Dominic is the patron saint of Catanduva.<ref name="Hist" /> ==Name== Catanduva (Caa-tã-dyba in [[Tupi language|Tupi-guarani language]]) is a word of indigenous origin meaning "rough grass" or "unhealthy vegetation".<ref name="Conjunct">{{cite web|title=Catanduva's Conjuncture 2011|url=http://www.catanduva.sp.gov.br/home/DynamicFiles/File/semdert/Conjuntura_2011.pdf|publisher=Catanduva.sp.gov.br|access-date=8 July 2011|page=09|language=pt}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is a reference to the Brazilian [[Cerrado]], the region's typical vegetation. ==Geography== ===Climate=== The climate is [[Tropical]] sub-hot humid (3 dry months), with dry and mild winters and hot, wet summers.<ref>{{Cite FTP |title=Climate Map of Brazil|url=ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/mapas/tematicos/mapas_murais/clima.pdf|language=pt|server=IBGE|url-status=dead|access-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> The average temperature of the coldest month is above 17 °C, and the average precipitation of the driest month is less than 60 mm. Its [[Köppen climate classification]] is Aw. The average annual temperature is 25.33 °C. {{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Catanduva, elevation {{convert|570|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010 normals) |Jan record high C = 38.6 |Feb record high C = 39.8 |Mar record high C = 36.8 |Apr record high C = 35.2 |May record high C = 35.1 |Jun record high C = 33.4 |Jul record high C = 35.1 |Aug record high C = 39.3 |Sep record high C = 41.2 |Oct record high C = 42.5 |Nov record high C = 39.3 |Dec record high C = 38.3 |Jan record low C = 15.3 |Feb record low C = 15.2 |Mar record low C = 12.0 |Apr record low C = 7.8 |May record low C = 2.6 |Jun record low C = 0.3 |Jul record low C = 0.3 |Aug record low C = 0.4 |Sep record low C = 5.6 |Oct record low C = 10.3 |Nov record low C = 10.8 |Dec record low C = 13.7 |Jan high C = 30.2 |Feb high C = 30.6 |Mar high C = 30.5 |Apr high C = 30.0 |May high C = 27.2 |Jun high C = 26.6 |Jul high C = 27.2 |Aug high C = 29.3 |Sep high C = 30.0 |Oct high C = 31.0 |Nov high C = 30.9 |Dec high C = 30.3 | year high C = 29.5 |Jan mean C = 24.9 |Feb mean C = 24.9 |Mar mean C = 24.7 |Apr mean C = 23.7 |May mean C = 20.7 |Jun mean C = 19.8 |Jul mean C = 19.9 |Aug mean C = 21.8 |Sep mean C = 23.0 |Oct mean C = 24.6 |Nov mean C = 24.9 |Dec mean C = 24.9 | year mean C = 23.2 |Jan low C = 20.9 |Feb low C = 20.7 |Mar low C = 20.4 |Apr low C = 18.8 |May low C = 15.9 |Jun low C = 14.8 |Jul low C = 14.5 |Aug low C = 15.9 |Sep low C = 17.5 |Oct low C = 19.2 |Nov low C = 19.9 |Dec low C = 20.6 | year low C = 18.3 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 274.6 |Feb precipitation mm = 209.9 |Mar precipitation mm = 158.7 |Apr precipitation mm = 61.7 |May precipitation mm = 66.2 |Jun precipitation mm = 25.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 24.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 25.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 53.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 96.8 |Nov precipitation mm = 111.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 208.4 |year precipitation mm = 1316 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 15 | Feb precipitation days = 13 | Mar precipitation days = 11 | Apr precipitation days = 5 | May precipitation days = 5 | Jun precipitation days = 2 | Jul precipitation days = 2 | Aug precipitation days = 2 | Sep precipitation days = 5 | Oct precipitation days = 8 | Nov precipitation days = 9 | Dec precipitation days = 15 | year precipitation days = | Jan humidity = 77.3 | Feb humidity = 76.7 | Mar humidity = 75.8 | Apr humidity = 70.3 | May humidity = 70.5 | Jun humidity = 67.2 | Jul humidity = 61.9 | Aug humidity = 55.9 | Sep humidity = 60.5 | Oct humidity = 63.1 | Nov humidity = 67.2 | Dec humidity = 74.2 | year humidity = 68.4 |Jan sun = 155.4 |Feb sun = 174.5 |Mar sun = 204.6 |Apr sun = 218.8 |May sun = 216.4 |Jun sun = 218.2 |Jul sun = 239.8 |Aug sun = 249.5 |Sep sun = 186.1 |Oct sun = 190.4 |Nov sun = 195.6 |Dec sun = 173.2 |year sun = 2422.5 |source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (extremes 1961–1971, 1792–1983, 1986–present)<ref name=INMET>{{cite web | url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas | title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010 | publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia | language = Portuguese | accessdate = 21 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="bdmep.inmet.gov.br">{{cite web | url= https://bdmep.inmet.gov.br/ | title= Banco de dados meteorológicos | publisher = [[Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia]] (INMET) | language = Portuguese |accessdate = 16 February 2025}}</ref><ref name="Estação: CATANDUVA (83676)">{{cite web |url=https://tempo.inmet.gov.br/TabelaEstacoes/83676 |title=Estação: CATANDUVA (83676) | publisher = [[Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia]] (INMET) | language = Portuguese | accessdate = 16 February 2025}}</ref> }} ===Hydrography=== * [[São Domingos River (São Paulo)|São Domingos river]] * ribeirão "Barro Preto" * ribeirão "Fundo" * ribeirão "Dos Coqueiros" * ribeirão "Do retirinho" * ribeirão "Jacu" ==Economy== The economic basis of the city is the [[Tertiary sector]]. Commerce and services corresponds to 70.5% of the GDP. The Industry is responsible for 28.5% of the city GDP.<ref name="Seade">{{cite web |title=Municipal Profile at SEADE |url=http://www.seade.gov.br/produtos/perfil/perfilMunEstado.php |publisher=Fundação SEADE |access-date=8 July 2011 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823080724/http://www.seade.gov.br/produtos/perfil/perfilMunEstado.php |archive-date=23 August 2011 }}</ref> [[Mechanical fan]] is one of the main exported products of Catanduva. The cultivation and processing of [[sugarcane]] is relevant in the region.{{cn|date=March 2023}} ==Demographics== ===Indicators=== *Population: 112,820 (IBGE/2010) *Area: 290.6 km<sup>2</sup> (166.5 sq mi) *[[Population density]]: 388.24/km<sup>2</sup> (2,451.5/sq mi) *Urbanization: 99.2% (2010) *[[Sex ratio]] (Males to Females): 94.77 (2011) *[[Birth rate]]: 12.65/1,000 inhabitants (2009) *[[Infant mortality]]: 9.17/1,000 births (2009) *[[Human Development Index|HDI]]: 0.833 ([[UNDP]]/2000) <small>All indicators are from SEADE<ref name="Seade" /> and IBGE<ref name="IBGE">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/censo2010/tabelas_pdf/Sao_paulo.pdf |title=Population at "Censo 2010" |publisher=IBGE.gov.br|language=pt|access-date=15 Jul 2011}}</ref></small> == Media == In telecommunications, the city was served by [[:pt:Telecomunicações de São Paulo|Telecomunicações de São Paulo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imprensaoficial.com.br/DO/BuscaDO2001Documento_11_4.aspx?link=/1973/ineditoriais/abril/24/p1/pag_0054_DUI6O3SN7V5CNe7E7ANSRTTG04F.pdf&pagina=54&data=24/04/1973&caderno=Ineditoriais&paginaordenacao=100054|title=Creation of Telesp - April 12, 1973|access-date=2024-06-04|website=www.imprensaoficial.com.br|language=Portuguese}}</ref> In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the [[Vivo (telecommunications company)|Vivo]] brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).<ref name=":vivo">{{Cite web|url=https://ri.telefonica.com.br/en/the-company/our-history/|title=Our History - Telefônica RI|access-date=2024-06-04|website=Telefônica}}</ref> ==Sports== [[Grêmio Catanduvense de Futebol]] is the city's professional [[football (soccer)|football]] club. It replaced other now-defunct football clubs, [[Catanduva Esporte Clube]], [[Grêmio Esportivo Catanduvense]], [[Catanduva Esporte e Clube]], and [[Clube Atlético Catanduvense]]. The city's stadium is the ''[[Estádio Municipal Sílvio Salles]]''. ==Notable people== *[[Alex Sandro]], football player *[[Luis Paulo Supi]], chess [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] *[[Altobeli da Silva]], Brazilian distance runner *[[Alan Patrick (footballer)|Alan Patrick]], football player *[[Athos de Oliveira]], swimmer == See also == * [[List of municipalities in São Paulo]] * [[Interior of São Paulo]] ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{in lang|pt}} [http://www.encontracatanduva.com.br/catanduva/ EncontraCatanduva - Find everything about Catanduva city] {{São Paulo state|São José do Rio Preto}} {{Municipalities of São Paulo}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Catanduva| ]] [[Category:1918 establishments in Brazil]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1918]]
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