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Osasco
Osasco (Portuguese pronunciation: [oˈzasku]) is a municipality in São Paulo State, Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo area and ranking 5th in population among São Paulo municipalities. According to the IBGE 2015, Osasco currently has the 9th highest gross domestic product in Brazil, and the 2nd largest in the State of São Paulo. The population is 699,944 (2020 est.) in an area of 64.95 km. It is among the world's more dense cities, similar in density to Tokyo and New York City. It's considered the major urban centre of the Western portion of the Greater São Paulo. It used to be a district of São Paulo City until February 19, 1962, when Osasco became a municipality of its own. The city motto is "Urbs labor", a Latin phrase that means "City work".

History

Pre-Columbian era

The region that is now Osasco was inhabited by indigenous Tupi-Guaraní people.

Colonial Brazil

Bandeirantes lived in the region that is now Osasco, then called "Vila de Quitaúna". The famous "bandeirante" António Raposo Tavares lived there.

Early modern period

Osasco was founded in the 19th century by Italian immigrant Antônio Giuseppe Agù (currently the name of one of the main streets in Osasco). He came from commune Osasco in the province of Turin, Italy.

Immigrants from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Armenia, Lebanon, Israel and Japan came to Osasco during the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, and their descendants form the bulk of Osasco's population.

Independence

Osasco became autonomous from the city of São Paulo on February 19, 1962.

Some widely known events after the autonomy

Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud [pt] in the first flight of Latin America, in Osasco

Economy

Osasco was an industrial city but there was industrial decentralization to other regions and today the city is moving toward the retail and service industries. Osasco is the location of the headquarters of Bradesco, the third largest bank in Brazil. Currently there are a number of large companies with a presence in the city, such as Natura, Coca-Cola, Carrefour, Wal-Mart, Colgate-Palmolive and many others. Osasco is the ninth most productive city in the countryin GDP per capita terms .

Main companies

Market city

Shopping Malls

Banks

Sport

Sports clubs

Sports competitions

  • Racing of Saint Antônio
  • University games
  • Racing and walk – Marketing Sports
  • Osasco went prime city make Circuito Running for Nature, racing and walk (SportsFuse).

Geography

Is an average elevation of 792 meters and 65 km of area. Its boundaries are São Paulo to the north, east and south, Cotia to the southwest, Carapicuíba and Barueri to the west and Santana de Parnaíba to the northwest.

Climate

As in almost all the metropolitan area of São Paulo, the climate is subtropical, specifically humid subtropical. The average annual temperature is around 18 °C, being the month of July the coldest (average 12 °C) and warmest February (average 30 °C). The annual rainfall is around 1400 mm.

Climate data for Osasco (1962–1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 34.2
(93.6) 		34.6
(94.3) 		33.6
(92.5) 		31.3
(88.3) 		29.8
(85.6) 		28.9
(84.0) 		29.3
(84.7) 		33
(91) 		37.4
(99.3) 		34.4
(93.9) 		35.2
(95.4) 		35.7
(96.3) 		37.4
(99.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 27.4
(81.3) 		28
(82) 		27.3
(81.1) 		25.1
(77.2) 		23
(73) 		21.7
(71.1) 		21.8
(71.2) 		23.3
(73.9) 		23.9
(75.0) 		24.7
(76.5) 		25.9
(78.6) 		26.3
(79.3) 		24.5
(76.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 22.2
(72.0) 		22.4
(72.3) 		21.7
(71.1) 		19.8
(67.6) 		17.6
(63.7) 		16.4
(61.5) 		15.8
(60.4) 		17.1
(62.8) 		17.8
(64.0) 		19
(66) 		20.3
(68.5) 		21.2
(70.2) 		18.5
(65.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 18.7
(65.7) 		18.8
(65.8) 		18.2
(64.8) 		16.3
(61.3) 		13.9
(57.0) 		12.3
(54.1) 		11.7
(53.1) 		12.8
(55.0) 		13.9
(57.0) 		15.3
(59.5) 		16.5
(61.7) 		17.8
(64.0) 		14.5
(58.1)
Record low °C (°F) 10.2
(50.4) 		11.2
(52.2) 		10.9
(51.6) 		6
(43) 		5.2
(41.4) 		0.9
(33.6) 		0.2
(32.4) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		2.1
(35.8) 		4.2
(39.6) 		6.9
(44.4) 		7.3
(45.1) 		−2.2
(28.0)
Average precipitation cm (inches) 24
(9.4) 		25
(9.8) 		16
(6.3) 		8
(3.1) 		7
(2.8) 		6
(2.4) 		4
(1.6) 		3
(1.2) 		7
(2.8) 		13
(5.1) 		14
(5.5) 		19
(7.5) 		146
(57)
Source: INMET – Clima

Hydrography

Demography

(Source: IPEA data)

Changing demographics of the city of Osasco

Source: IBAM

Ethnicity

Ethnic groups Percent
White 51.8%
Pardo (Brown) 37.8%
Black 9.5%
Asian 0.8%
Amerindian 0.1%

Source:2022 census

Religion

Main article: Religion in Brazil
Religion Percentage Number
Catholic 64.75% 422.553
Protestant 20.54% 134.042
No religion 9.33% 60.886
Kardecist 0.90% 5.873
Buddhist 0.23% 1.500
Jewish 0.04% 261

Source: IBGE 2000

Main Neighbourhoods

Transportation

Osasco train

Due to its proximity to São Paulo, it is largely served by the CPTM commuter rail service, as well as many roads, providing a seamless connection into the state capital.

Main Streets

Viaduto Reinaldo de Oliveira
Arco de Osasco, the city's landmark, in Christmas.
  • Avenida dos Autonomistas
  • Viaduto Reinaldo de Oliveira
  • Avenida Maria Campos
  • Avenida Bussocaba/Avenida Prefeito Hirant Sanazar
  • Viaduto Presidente Tancredo Neves
  • Avenida Presidente Médici
  • Avenida Getúlio Vargas
  • Avenida Visconde de Nova Granada/Avenida Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
  • Avenida Santo Antônio
  • Avenida Antônio Carlos Costa
  • Rua da Estação
  • Avenida Pedro Pinho
  • Avenida João de Andrade
  • Avenida Sarah Veloso
  • Complexo Viário Fuad Auada
  • Avenida Hilário Pereira de Souza
  • Avenida Franz Voegelli
  • Avenida Benedito Alves Turíbio
  • Avenida Giuseppe Sacco
  • Avenida Padre Vicente Mellilo/Avenida Prestes Maia
  • Avenida Novo Osasco

Train

It is linked by CPTM rapid transit to São Paulo by the 8 and 9 train lines.

Roads

Roads of Osasco:

Airports of São Paulo

Congonhas Airport
Campo de Marte Airport
Cumbica Airport

São Paulo has two main airports:

Bus Companies

  • Viação Osasco
  • Auto Viação Urubupungá

Bus station

  • Terminus Amador Aguiar (Vila Yara)
  • Terminus Largo de Osasco
  • Bus station of Osasco

Media

Newspaper

Newsweb

  • Portal PlanetaOsasco.com;
  • Webdiário;

Radio

  • Nova Difusora 1540 AM e;
  • Rádio Iguatemi AM.
  • Radio Terra FM.
  • Osascoradioweb

Channels

Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT)

Government

Executive

Mayors of Osasco

Education

Colleges and universities

Culture

Libraries

Theatres

Spaces of culture

  • Centro de Eventos Pedro Bortolosso

Museums

Schools of education in culture

  • Escola de Artes César Antonio Salvi

House of events the culture

  • Casa de Angola
  • Casa do Violeiro do Brasil

Leisure and natural environment

  • Parque Ecológico Nelson Vilha Dias
  • Parque Municipal Dionísio Alvares Mateos
  • Parque Municipal Chico Mendes
  • Parque Clóvis Assaf
  • Park of Lazer Antônio Temporim
  • Parque Ecológico Jardim Piratininga

Health

Hospitals:

  • AACD Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente
  • Hospital Cruzeiro do Sul
  • Hospital e Maternidade Amador Aguiar
  • Hospital e Maternidade João Paulo II
  • Hospital Montreal S/A
  • Hospital Municipal Antônio Gíglio
  • Hospital Dr. Vivaldo Martins Simões ( Regional )
  • Hospital e Maternidade Sino Brasileiro

Notable people

Adenízia da Silva, volleyball player

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Brazil

Osasco is twinned with:

See also

Bibliography

  • SANAZAR, Hirant. Osasco – Sua história, sua gente: Osasco, ed. do author, 2003.
  • FAVARÃO, Mazé (apres.). Osasco conta sua história através dos bairros: Osasco, Secretaria de Educação, 2007.
  • METROVICHE, Eduardo (org.). Osasco – Um século de fotografia: Osasco, Maxprint Editora, 2007.