Paulínia

Paulínia is a city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Geography and demography

In 2009, 84 577 people were living in Paulínia to 139 km ².

Paulinia is located 118 kilometers from São Paulo. To the north there are large chemical and petrochemical plants as Replan ( Refinaria do Planalto Paulista ) with a crude oil processing capacity of about 18 million tonnes a year and a work of Rhodia. Thanks to the high level of industrialization, the city has the seventh-highest per capita income in Brazil.

The city is crossed by two rivers, the Jaguari, which flows past the edge of town, and the Atibaia, which flows through the city in the center and divides into two halves.

Etymology

The city was named in honor of José Paulino Farmers Nogueira, one of the owners of Fazenda do Funil that lay between Paulínia and Cosmópolis, Paulínia. The village, which was the name of the city was, until 1944 Vila José Paulino. A law of this year, however, forbade to name places after living persons. The village was renamed in Paulínia.

History

The story begins with Paulínias the allocation of two large Sesmarias in the area of the present town. The Sesmarias the system, originally introduced in Portugal at the end of the fourteenth century, in order to optimize the management of the country, served in Brazil for the regulation of colonization. 1807 Sesmaria Morro Azul was awarded on the Faziendas Bento and Funil were founded.

The recent history is characterized by a large economic boom and a large population growth. In the 1980s, the city hospital was built. The city had 20,753 inhabitants at this time. In the 90s, the Sambódromo de Paulinia was built and expanded the road network.

Climate

In Paulínia has a tropical mountain climate with average temperatures. The rainfall is above average.

Larger neighboring towns

• São José
• Nova Paulínia
• Monte Alegre
• João Aranha, Bairro dos Viados