Bastos

Coordinates: 21°55′19″S 50°43′55″W / 21.92194°S 50.73194°W / -21.92194; -50.73194
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Bastos
Flag of Bastos
Coat of arms of Bastos
Location in São Paulo state
Location in São Paulo state
Bastos is located in Brazil
Bastos
Bastos
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 21°55′19″S 50°43′55″W / 21.92194°S 50.73194°W / -21.92194; -50.73194
CountryBrazil
RegionSoutheast
StateSão Paulo
Area
 • Total172 km2 (66 sq mi)
Highest elevation
445 m (1,460 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total20,953
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Bastos is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 20,953 (2020 est.) in an area of 172 km2.[2]

History[edit]

The name originated from Henrique Bastos, who owned a farm in the area. And it was these same lands that the foundation of the city occurred on June 18, 1928, by Senjiro Hatanaka, sent by the Japanese government to look for land to receive the waves of Japanese immigrants.

After cycles of crops such as coffee, cotton, sericulture, from 1957, the council found its economic vocation: the laying poultry. The city has the largest flock of laying hens in the country and thus is the municipality with the highest production of eggs from Brazil, so the self-titling of "capital of the egg." Bastos is also the headquarters of the Brazilian city of the Egg Festival. This festival brings together not only an exhibition of innovations and products used in the poultry industry, as well as concerts and entertainment for the general population and the region of Bastos.

Geography[edit]

Demographics[edit]

Census Data - 2000

Total Population : 20,588

  • Urban: 17,040
  • Rural: 3548
  • Male: 10,247
  • Female: 10,341

Population density (inhabitants / km ²): 120.82

Infant mortality by 1 year (per thousand): 8.78

Life expectancy (years): 75.55

Fertility rate (children per woman): 2.06

Literacy Rate : 90.20%

Human Development Index (HDI): 0.798

  • HDI-M Income: 0.693
  • HDI-M Longevity: 0.843
  • HDI-M Education: 0.859

(Source: IPEA DATA)

Ethnic groups[edit]

Source: 2000 census:

Color / Race %
White 57.4%
Black 2.0%
Pardo 28.6%
Asian 11.4%
Indigenous 0.1%

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