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'''São Carlos''' is a city of 214,000 inhabitants in the state of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]. |
'''São Carlos''' is a city of 214,000 inhabitants in the state of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]. |
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[[Image:Bandeira s carlos.gif|thumb|160px|Bandeira do município de São Carlos - SP]] |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The city was founded during the "Golden Age of [[Coffee]]", in the year of [[1857]], by the "Count of Pinhal" (Conde do Pinhal), and was originally called "São Carlos do Pinhal". Eventually, the name was shortened to "São Carlos". Nowadays most of the region's agricultural production has shifted from coffee to [[sugar cane]], but the economy of the city is based in industrialized and technological products. |
The city was founded during the "Golden Age of [[Coffee]]", in the year of [[1857]], by the "Count of Pinhal" (Conde do Pinhal), and was originally called "São Carlos do Pinhal". Eventually, the name was shortened to "São Carlos". Nowadays most of the region's agricultural production has shifted from coffee to [[sugar cane]], but the economy of the city is based in industrialized and technological products. |
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== Geography == |
== Geography == |
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Revision as of 06:05, 21 May 2006
São Carlos is a city of 214,000 inhabitants in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
History
The city was founded during the "Golden Age of Coffee", in the year of 1857, by the "Count of Pinhal" (Conde do Pinhal), and was originally called "São Carlos do Pinhal". Eventually, the name was shortened to "São Carlos". Nowadays most of the region's agricultural production has shifted from coffee to sugar cane, but the economy of the city is based in industrialized and technological products.
Geography
São Carlos is located in the geographic center of the state of São Paulo, approximately 230 km from the City of São Paulo. Its altitude is over 800 m what offers a mild altitude climate one. Most of the year the city is windy, sunny and with mild temperatures at night. That´s the reason the city has an annual party called "Festa do Clima". The city has a total area of 1.141 km², which include two districts to the north: Santa Eudóxia and Água Vermelha.
Economy and culture
The city has an active industrial profile and certain agricultural importance, backed by technologies developed by Embrapa, owner of two research complexes in the city. Due to the relatively high number of high technology industries situated in the city, it is nicknamed "The Capital of Technology".
The city hosts several locally-grown technology-based companies and factories of multinational corporations such as Faber Castell, Tecumseh and the Brazilian factory of Volkswagen engines.
São Carlos is also home to the campus of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR) and to two of the campi of the University of São Paulo (USP), two of the most important universities in Brazil, as well as some other minor universities. For these, São Carlos has a very high relative number of students, and that fact is reflected by student-focused commercial establishments and the high number of student parties.
The cultural life is marked by the large number of college students that form a good audience for musical concerts of Brazilian contemporary alternative artists that use to include the city in their tours.
There is a good numbers of Cafés where graduate students and Professor socialize.
External links
- Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados has further demographic data for São Carlos.
- Official Web Site of Municipal Prefecture of São Carlos (in Portuguese)