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Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

Sertãozinho
Municipality
FlagCoat of arms
Location in São Paulo state
SertãozinhoLocation in Brazil
Coordinates: 21°8′17″S 47°59′26″W / 21.13806°S 47.99056°W / -21.13806; -47.99056
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Area
• Total	403 km2 (156 sq mi)
Elevation	579 m (1,900 ft)
Population (2022[1])
• Total	126,887
• Density	310/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-03:00 (BRT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-02:00 (BRST)
Postal code	16000-000
Website	www.sertaozinho.sp.gov.br

Sertãozinho is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. The population in 2020 was about 127,142. Its area is 403 km2.[2] The municipality consists of Sertãozinho city and two districts: Cruz das Posses and Vila Garcia. Sertãozinho is 325 km from São Paulo and 702 km from Brasília.

In 1877, a settlement at Sertãozinho was founded on 148 acres (0.60 km2) of land belonging to local farming estates. The land holders involved included Antonio Pedroso Malachi, Antonio Jose Rodrigues, Manoel Jacinto Bridge and Father Chico of Africa. Malachi, whose estate was called "Vila Nossa Senhora Aparecida", donated about 12 acres (49,000 m2) of land which was divided amongst tenant farmers. He built a chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary (located at 21 de Abril Plaza).

On 10 March 1885, under law 31, the village was made a district of peace. On 5 December 1896, the village was made a town and named Ali Sertãozinho by law 463. This was ratified on 21 April 1897. On 26 October 1906, under law 1018, the district was founded and ratified on 12 December 1906. The name of the municipality has changed over time, including, Capela de Sertãozinho, Engenho de Nossa Senhora Aparecida do Sertaozinho, Aparecida de Sertãozinho, and its current name, Sertãozinho. The first municipal magistrate was Renato Silveira da Motta.

For many years, the main industry of the municipality was coffee production. However, the coffee fields became exhausted and the land was sold to colonos (former colonists) and investors who planted cotton. By 1920, Sertãozinho was one of the top ten cotton producing areas in Brazil.[3]

In 1928, although union membership was illegal in Brazil, communist entities organised dissident workers on the larger coffee plantations in Sertãozinho.[4]

In the 1930s, traditional labour was replaced by gangs of labourers for hire, organised by labour contractors and communists.[5]

After World War II, cotton crops became less profitable and sugar cane was planted in Sertaozinho.[6] In the 1960s, Sertaozinho was again a center of conflicted labour relations in Brazil when sugar cane cutters and mill workers threatened to strike over pay.[6]

Sertãozinho is located about 20 km to the west of the town of Ribeirão Preto in the northern part of the state of São Paulo. The area of Sertãozinho is 418,803 km2 in total, metropolitan 265 km2 and rural 253,118 km2. Sertãozinho is approximately 340 kilometres (210 mi) from the state capital, São Paulo.

Historical population

In the 2000 Brazil census, the total population of Sertãozinho was 110,999. 1,664 people lived in the rural part of the municipality. More than half the population of Sertãozinho is of Italian descent. Other ethnic groups include Spanish, Lebanese, Syrian, Portuguese, African, Germans and Japanese. White Brazilians make up 78.7% of the population, Afro Brazilians 4.2% and Asian Brazilians 0.8%. Pardos (Mixed race people) make up 15.7%.

Sertãozinho has a number of radio stations, television stations and periodicals. The FM radio stations include Nativa, Conquista, VIP, Mais, Nova Gospel, Comunitária, Novo Milênio, and Boa Vontade. The television stations include STZ TV, TVE Sertãozinho (educational), Rede de Televisão Boa vontade and TV Câmara Sertãozinho. The periodicals include Agora Sertãozinho, Momento, Momento Atual, Pinga Fogo, Classificados and Cia and Jornal do Farol.

In the south of the township, there are several condominiums and stores on Avenida Atilio Balbo, the Anhanguera University and a campus of the Institute of São Paulo. In the eastern part of the township are the Ceagesp vegetables and grains market, schools and a sports complex. In the northern part, there are parks such as the Gustavo Simioni ecological park. In the western part is a large sugar mill. In the downtown area is the Savegnago supermarket on Avenida Antônio Paschoal. There are a number of shopping precincts including the Baron gallery.[_citation needed_]

The only active railway in the northeastern São Paulo state is in Sertãozinho. It is a tourist attraction.

Promotional models at the Fenasucro fair, 2010

Sertãozinho is a major producer of ethanol. In September, the township hosts an annual sugarcane and ethanol production technology fair. It is sponsored by Fenasucro and Agrocana.

Sertãozinho has more than 500 industrial plants. Its Human Development Index (HDI) is 0,833.

In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia Telefônica Brasileira until 1973, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo.[7] In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012.[8]

The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).[8]

Popular sports in Sertãozinho are football and roller hockey. Sertãozinho Futebol Clube is the local soccer team, and Sertãozinho Hóquei Clube is the roller hockey club. Sertãozinho Hóquei Clube has won several national titles. There are a number of sports stadiums including: the Frederick Dalmaso stadium, able to hold 2,100 people; the Adelino Furtado Simioni, able to hold 1,000 people; the Arnaldo Bonini stable, able to hold 500 people; and the Comendador Alcídio Balbo stadium, able to hold 1,500 people. Sports centers were built for the 2016 Summer Olympics. These included: the Silvério Selli center; the Edgard Dega Gonçalves center; and the Maria Rodrigues Zeferina Baldaia center.

The Adami Faria de Aguiar Municipal Theatre is one of the largest in Brazil. There is a Cinemais theatre.[_citation needed_]

Sertãozinho has four city hall offices: Ferroviário Paschoal; Parque dos Ipês; Vila Garcia; and Cruz das Posses.[_citation needed_]

• Éder Militão, footballer

1. ^ IBGE 2022
2. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística Government of Brazil.
3. ^ Font M. A. Coffee and Transformation in Sao Paulo, Brazil Lexington Books, 2010 p304.ISBN 0739147501, 9780739147504 Accessed at Google Books 6 August 2016.
4. ^ Chilcote R. H. Intellectuals and the Search for National Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil Cambridge University Press, 2014 p213. ISBN 1316061884, 9781316061886. Accessed at Google Books 6 August 2016.
5. ^ Stoikle V. and Chapman M. D. Coffee Planters Workers And Wives: Class Conflict And Gender Relations Springer, 1988 p277. ISBN 1349194123, 9781349194124. Accessed at Google Books 6 August 2016.
6. ^ a b Welch C. Seed Was Planted: The Sao Paulo Roots of Brazil's Rural Labor Movement Penn State Press, 2010 p.238 ISBN 027104182X, 9780271041827. Accessed at Google Books 6 August 2016.
7. ^ "Creation of Telesp - April 12, 1973". www.imprensaoficial.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-05-27.
8. ^ a b "Our History - Telefônica RI". Telefônica. Retrieved 2024-05-27.

• Official website (in Portuguese)