Cotia

Place in Southeast, Brazil

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Location in the state of São Paulo and Brazil

23°36′15″S 46°55′10″W / 23.60417°S 46.91944°W / -23.60417; -46.91944CountryBrazilRegionSoutheastStateSão PauloFoundedApril 2, 1856Government

• MayorRogério Franco (PSD)Area

• Total323.99 km² (125.09 sq mi)Elevation

853 m (2,799 ft)Population

(2020 ^[1])

• Total253,608 • Density780/km² (2,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-3 (UTC-3) • Summer (DST)UTC-2 (UTC-2)WebsitePrefeitura Municipal de Cotia

Cotia is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.^[2] The population is 253,608 (2020 est.) in an area of 323.99 km².^[3] The city is at an elevation of 853 m. Cotia is linked with the Rodovia Raposo Tavares highway.

History

Cotia was founded in 1580, and was an active village during the "bandeiras" expeditions. In 1626, Raposo Tavares and his companions arrived in the city. The "Sítio do Mandú" and "Sítio do Padre Inácio" (Mandu's Ranch and Priest Inácio's Ranch) were some of the first rural houses to be built there. Nowadays, they are preserved by the "Instituto Brasileiro de Patrimônio Cultural. Cotia was declared an independent municipality on April 2, 1856. According to the 1980 demographic census, the city had a population of over 62 thousand people.

Geography

The city is located west of São Paulo, and has a terrain made of valleys and mountains, reaching a maximum elevation of 1,074 meters above sea level ^[4]

The city has the Cotia River as its main river.

The city has a densely populated urban area, but the less developed areas to the west attract people interested in ecotourism. The only naturally occurring case of Brazilian hemorrhagic fever took place here.

Demography

Population history

Year	Population
2003	161,782
2004	170,206
2006	179,685
2015	229,548

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ "Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
^ "Terrain of the city at CityBrazil.com.br". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2009-03-07.

External links

Cotia travel guide from Wikivoyage

(in Portuguese) http://www.cotia.sp.gov.br
(in Portuguese) Cotia on citybrazil.com.br
(in Portuguese) Encontra Cotia - Find everything about Cotia city
History of Cotia at the City Hall website

State of São Paulo, Brazil

Government	Governors Senators
Transport	Highway system List of highways
Education	Universities

Sports

Auto racing	Interlagos Circuit Ayrton Senna
Football	FPF Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Série A2 Série A3 Segunda Divisão Copa Paulista Corinthians Guarani Palmeiras Ponte Preta Portuguesa Red Bull Bragantino Santos São Paulo São Caetano Santo André

Cities of São Paulo by population

Capital	São Paulo
1,000,000+	Campinas Guarulhos
500,000+	Osasco Ribeirão Preto Santo André São Bernardo do Campo São José dos Campos Sorocaba
200,000+	Americana Araraquara Barueri Bauru Carapicuíba Cotia Diadema Embu das Artes Franca Guarujá Hortolândia Indaiatuba Itapevi Itaquaquecetuba Jacareí Jundiaí Limeira Marília Mauá Mogi das Cruzes Piracicaba Praia Grande Presidente Prudente Santos São Carlos São José do Rio Preto São Vicente Sumaré Suzano Taboão da Serra Taubaté
100,000+	Araçatuba Araras Assis Atibaia Barretos Birigui Botucatu Bragança Paulista Catanduva Cubatão Ferraz de Vasconcelos Francisco Morato Franco da Rocha Guaratinguetá Itapecerica da Serra Itapetininga Itu Jandira Jaú Mogi Guaçu Ourinhos Paulínia Pindamonhangaba Poá Ribeirão Pires Rio Claro Salto Santa Bárbara d'Oeste Santana de Parnaíba São Caetano do Sul Sertãozinho Tatuí Valinhos Várzea Paulista Votorantim

Mesoregion

Metropolitana de São Paulo
Franco da Rocha	Caieiras Francisco Morato Franco da Rocha Mairiporã
Guarulhos	Arujá Guarulhos Santa Isabel
Itapecerica da Serra	Cotia Embu das Artes Embu-Guaçu Itapecerica da Serra Juquitiba São Lourenço da Serra Taboão da Serra Vargem Grande Paulista
Mogi das Cruzes	Biritiba-Mirim Ferraz de Vasconcelos Guararema Itaquaquecetuba Mogi das Cruzes Poá Salesópolis Suzano
Osasco	Barueri Cajamar Carapicuíba Itapevi Jandira Osasco Pirapora do Bom Jesus Santana de Parnaíba
Santos	Bertioga Cubatão Guarujá Praia Grande Santos São Vicente
São Paulo	Diadema Mauá Ribeirão Pires Rio Grande da Serra Santo André São Bernardo do Campo São Caetano do Sul São Paulo