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Ribeirão Preto is a municipality located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is an important economic and agricultural center in the region, known particularly for its role in sugar cane production and processing.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Demonym
- ribeirão-pretano
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- São Paulo
- Population
- 436682
- Area
- 650.916
- Elevation
- 583
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Shares border with
- Dumont
- Official website
- www.ribeiraopreto.sp.gov.br
- Image
- Prédios em Ribeirão Preto SP.jpg
- Dialing code
- 16
- Patron saint
- Saint Sebastian
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- twinned administrative body
- Bucaramanga
- topic's main category
- Category:Ribeirão Preto
- Commons category
- Ribeirão Preto
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Ribeirão Preto
- inception
- 1856-06-19
- postal code
- 14000-000
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ribeirão Preto
- Human Development Index
- 0.789
- electorate
- 452642
- P12749
- Mina Clavero
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Encyclopedic overview
Aerial view of Ribeirão Preto in 2010 Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu]) is a city and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil.
Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State with 650.9 km (251.3 mi). It has an estimated population of 720,216 in 2021 and a metropolitan area of 1,178,910. It is located 313 km (194 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 706 km (439 mi) from Brasília, the federal capital. Its mean altitude is 526.8 m (1,728 ft) high. The city's average temperature throughout the year is 23 °C (73 °F), and the original predominant vegetation is the Atlantic Forest.
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