São José dos Campos
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São José dos Campos (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w ʒuˈzɛ dus ˈkɐ̃pus], meaning Saint Joseph of the Fields) is a major city and the seat of the municipality of the same name in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. One of the leading industrial and research centers with emphasis in aerospace sciences in Latin America,[4] the city is located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country; São Paulo (80 km (50 mi) from the city) and Rio de Janeiro (320 km (200 mi)). It is the main city of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.[5] A native of São José dos Campos is called a joseense (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒozɛˈẽsi]). Being the second most populous non-capital city in Brazil – behind Campinas – São José dos Campos lies in the middle of the Expanded Metropolitan Complex ("Complexo Metropolitano Expandido"), the first megalopolis in the Southern Hemisphere, with over thirty million inhabitants. The city's metro area also includes Greater São Paulo, Campinas, Santos and Sorocaba. The municipality concentrates many major companies and industries, such as Embraer, Panasonic, Johnson & Johnson, Ericsson, Philips, General Motors, Petrobras, Monsanto among others. São José dos Campos also holds relevant education and research institutions, as ITA, INPE, CEMADEN, IEAv, IEA [pt], IFI [pt], UNESP, UNIFESP, DCTA, FATEC, UNIVAP and IP%D, holding a position the puts the city as the main and largest Aerospacial Complex in Latin America. Thus, it is also considered the warlike producer centre. The Technological Park ("Parque Tecnológico de São José dos Campos"), the largest one in the country, is the only research institute in the world that converges all the three top global plane production companies, Embraer, Boeing and Airbus.
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São José dos Campos | |
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Municipality of São José dos Campos | |
From the top, from left to right: view of the city from the Presidente Dutra Highway; Vicentina Aranha Park; Residence of Olívio Gomes in Parque da Cidade; library of the Aeronautics Institute of Technology; Brazilian Aerospace Memorial; Technologic Park; panorama of the Altos da Esplanada region. | |
Nicknames: Capital of the Valley and The Airplane Capital | |
Motto(s): | |
Coordinates: 23°10′44″S 45°53′13″W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast |
State | São Paulo |
Metropolitan Region | Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte |
Government | |
• Mayor | Anderson Farias (PSD) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 1,099.409 km2 (424.484 sq mi) |
• Urban | 298.99 km2 (115.44 sq mi) |
Elevation | from 619 to 2.082 m (1,970 ft) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Municipality | 729,737 |
• Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,528,354 |
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
• Year | 2023 |
• Total | $30.0 billion[2] |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Postal Code | 12200-000 |
Area code | +55 12 |
HDI (2010) | 0.807 – very high[3] |
Website | sjc |