Presidente Prudente, São Paulo


Presidente Prudente is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has a population of 220,599 inhabitants and area of 562.8 km². The city is named after president Prudente de Morais. Prudente is located 558 km from the city of São Paulo.
Presidente Prudente is considered the sixth best city in the state of São Paulo to live in. Among 5,560 Brazilian cities, it occupies the 29th place for most promising cities to build a career.

History

Presidente Prudente was founded in 1917.

Demographics

The city is well known for its hot temperatures in summer, when the heat index sometimes exceeds 40 °C. However, cold weather prevails in winter, as -1.8 °C was recorded in 1975 and 0 °C in 2000.

Education

There are 130 schools and 3 universities in Presidente Prudente that together gather over 80 thousand students.
It also has integrated colleges like Toledo, SESI and SENAI with more than 110 undergraduate courses.
Universities:
Colleges:
In Presidente Prudente there are over 15 hospitals, a Teaching Hospital, Santa Casa, 20 establishments of health service, and more than 11 private clinics.
The Teaching Hospital was once the largest university hospital in Latin America.

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 theatres, 13 social clubs, like the Eduardo José Farah's Stadium and the "Rancho Quarto de Milha" is the largest indoor arena in Latin America.

Transportation

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

Notable natives