Osasco (Portuguese pronunciation:[oˈzasku]) is a municipality in São Paulo State, Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo[4] area and ranking 5th in population among São Paulo municipalities. According to the IBGE 2015, Osasco currently has the 9th highest gross domestic product in Brazil, and the 2nd largest in the State of São Paulo. The population is 699,944 (2020 est.) in an area of 64.95 km2.[5] It is among the world's more dense cities, similar in density to Tokyo and New York City. It's considered the major urban centre of the Western portion of the Greater São Paulo. It used to be a district of São Paulo City until February 19, 1962, when Osasco became a municipality of its own.[6] The city motto is "Urbs labor", a Latin phrase that means "City work".
History
Pre-Columbian era
The region that is now Osasco was inhabited by indigenous Tupi-Guaraní people.
Colonial Brazil
Bandeirantes lived in the region that is now Osasco, then called "Vila de Quitaúna". The famous "bandeirante" António Raposo Tavares lived there.
Early modern period
Osasco was founded in the 19th century by Italian immigrant Antônio Giuseppe Agù (currently the name of one of the main streets in Osasco). He came from commune Osasco in the province of Turin, Italy.
Immigrants from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Armenia, Lebanon, Israel and Japan came to Osasco during the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, and their descendants form the bulk of Osasco's population.
Independence
Osasco became autonomous from the city of São Paulo on February 19, 1962.[6]
Some widely known events after the autonomy
Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud [pt] in the first flight of Latin America, in Osasco
Strike of the Cobrasma factory (1968)
Explosion of the Osasco Plaza Shopping (1996).
The first Latin American flight was in Osasco, in 1910, by Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud [pt][7]
Economy
Osasco was an industrial city but there was industrial decentralization to other regions and today the city is moving toward the retail and service industries. Osasco is the location of the headquarters of Bradesco, the third largest bank in Brazil. Currently there are a number of large companies with a presence in the city, such as Natura, Coca-Cola, Carrefour, Wal-Mart, Colgate-Palmolive and many others. Osasco is the ninth most productive city in the countryin GDP per capita terms .[8]
Osasco went prime city make Circuito Running for Nature, racing and walk (SportsFuse).
Geography
Is an average elevation of 792 meters and 65 km2 of area.
[9] Its boundaries are São Paulo to the north, east and south, Cotia to the southwest, Carapicuíba and Barueri to the west and Santana de Parnaíba to the northwest.
Climate
As in almost all the metropolitan area of São Paulo, the climate is subtropical, specifically humid subtropical. The average annual temperature is around 18 °C, being the month of July the coldest (average 12 °C) and warmest February (average 30 °C). The annual rainfall is around 1400 mm.[10]
Due to its proximity to São Paulo, it is largely served by the CPTM commuter rail service, as well as many roads, providing a seamless connection into the state capital.
Main Streets
Viaduto Reinaldo de OliveiraArco de Osasco, the city's landmark, in Christmas.
Avenida dos Autonomistas
Viaduto Reinaldo de Oliveira
Avenida Maria Campos
Avenida Bussocaba/Avenida Prefeito Hirant Sanazar
Viaduto Presidente Tancredo Neves
Avenida Presidente Médici
Avenida Getúlio Vargas
Avenida Visconde de Nova Granada/Avenida Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Avenida Santo Antônio
Avenida Antônio Carlos Costa
Rua da Estação
Avenida Pedro Pinho
Avenida João de Andrade
Avenida Sarah Veloso
Complexo Viário Fuad Auada
Avenida Hilário Pereira de Souza
Avenida Franz Voegelli
Avenida Benedito Alves Turíbio
Avenida Giuseppe Sacco
Avenida Padre Vicente Mellilo/Avenida Prestes Maia
Avenida Novo Osasco
Train
It is linked by CPTM rapid transit to São Paulo by the 8 and 9[13] train lines.
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