Águas de São Pedro

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Águas de São Pedro
Municipality
Municipality of the Hydromineral Spa of Águas de São Pedro
View of the midtown and the Jardim Iporanga neighborhood in Águas de São Pedro
View of the midtown and the Jardim Iporanga neighborhood in Águas de São Pedro
Flag of Águas de São Pedro
Flag
Coat of arms of Águas de São Pedro
Coat of arms		 Official logo of Águas de São Pedro
Logo
Nickname(s): Águas
Motto: Omnibus Pax Et Sanitas (Latin for Peace and Health for Everyone)
Anthem: Hino a Águas de São Pedro
Location in the state of São Paulo
Location in the state of São Paulo
Águas de São Pedro is located in Brazil
Águas de São Pedro
Águas de São Pedro
Location of the municipality in Brazil
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Country  Brazil
Region Southeast
State  São Paulo
Founded July 25, 1940
Incorporated December 24, 1948[1]
Founded by Octavio Moura Andrade
Named for Saint Peter and São Pedro
Government[2][3]
 • Mayor Paulo Cesar Borges (PSDB)
 • Aldermen
List of Aldermen
Area[4][5]
 • Municipality 5.537 km2 (2.138 sq mi)
 • Urban 5.537 km2 (2.138 sq mi)
Elevation[6] 515.24 m (1,690.42 ft)
Population (2010)[5][7]
 • Municipality 2,707
 • Estimate (2014) 3,073
 • Density 488.89/km2 (1,266.2/sq mi)
Demonym(s) água-pedrense[8][9]
Ethnicity[10]
 • White 87.22% (2,361 inhabitants)
 • Brown 10.31% (279 inhabitants)
 • Black 1.51% (41 inhabitants)
 • Yellow 0.96% (26 inhabitants)
Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2 (UTC-2)
Postal code 13525-000
Area code(s) 19[11]
HDI (2010)[12] 0.854 – very high
Website Águas de São Pedro

Águas de São Pedro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈaɡwas di sɐ̃w̃ ˈpedɾu] ( listen)) is a Brazilian municipality of the state of São Paulo. It is the second smallest Brazilian municipality in territorial extension, with only 5.537 km²,[4] and had a population of 2,703 in 2010. Águas de São Pedro means "Waters of Saint Peter". Its name is derived from the mineral springs in its territory and their location, that before its foundation, were part of the municipality of São Pedro (São Pedro is the Portuguese for Saint Peter).

The municipality is located in the region of Itaqueri Ridge (Portuguese: Serra do Itaqueri; Itaqueri means "lying stone" in Tupí–Guaraní), south-central part of the state of São Paulo.

History

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Bust of the city founder, Octavio Moura Andrade
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The Engineer Ângelo Balloni Oil Tower is a landmark of the city history

Águas de São Pedro emerged when Octavio Moura Andrade discovered the medicinal properties from the mineral springs of the city around 1920, when the State Governor started researches in the area for oil prospection. The researches failed in the attempt to find oil and the rigs were abandoned, but still gushing out mineral water. Later other attempts had been made to find oil in great depths, and again no oil was found. One oil rig structure still remains nowadays and it's called "Engineer Ângelo Balloni Oil Tower".

Years later, in 1934, an Italian immigrant and owner of the perforated lands, Ângelo Franzin, built a small bath house (currently known as "Youth Fountain") where he bathed himself. The water had a characteristic smell of sulphur. One year later a group of people of the roundnesses bought a lot of 100,000 m² around the bath house and built a health resort. It was twelve masonry bathtubs, in contrast with the first bath house, that was wooden. In the same year, Octavio Moura Andrade decided to build the spa, giving the name of Caldas de São Pedro to it and creating with his brother, Antonio Joaquim de Moura Andrade, the company Águas Sulfídricas e Termais de São Pedro S.A. ("Saint Peter Thermal and Sulphydric Waters S.A.").

In four years the Technological Researches Institute of the University of São Paulo made analysis with the waters. The waters were considered good to bath and its medicinal properties had been confirmed.

Recognizing the importance of the thermal waters, the São Paulo State Government founded on June 19, 1940 the Estância Hidromineral e Climática de Águas de São Pedro (Hydromineral and Climatic Spa of Águas de São Pedro).

Geography

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Araquá River

Águas de São Pedro is located in a small valley in a geographic region of the state of São Paulo called Peripheral Depression. The city have 2.06 ha (5.09 acres and 0.69% of the municipality total area) of floodplain vegetation, totally concentrated in the banks of the Araquá river, in the southeast portion of the municipality, and 69.58 ha (171.936 acres and 17.40% of the municipality total area) of reforestation areas, mostly concentrated in Dr. Octavio Moura Andrade Municipal Park, in the northwest.[16]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification Águas de São Pedro has a tropical savanna climate.[17]


Climate data for Águas de São Pedro
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °F (°C) 87.4
(30.8)		 87.6
(30.9)		 87.1
(30.6)		 84
(28.9)		 80.2
(26.8)		 78.3
(25.7)		 78.6
(25.9)		 82.6
(28.1)		 84
(29)		 85.3
(29.6)		 86.4
(30.2)		 86.2
(30.1)		 84
(28.9)
Daily mean °F (°C) 77
(25)		 77.4
(25.2)		 76.5
(24.7)		 72.5
(22.5)		 68.2
(20.1)		 65.8
(18.8)		 65.7
(18.7)		 68.9
(20.5)		 71.4
(21.9)		 73
(23)		 74.8
(23.8)		 75.9
(24.4)		 72.3
(22.4)
Average low °F (°C) 66.7
(19.3)		 67.1
(19.5)		 65.8
(18.8)		 61
(16.1)		 56.1
(13.4)		 54
(12)		 52.5
(11.4)		 55
(12.8)		 58.6
(14.8)		 61.7
(16.5)		 63.3
(17.4)		 65.7
(18.7)		 60.6
(15.9)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 8.72
(221.5)		 7.528
(191.2)		 5.874
(149.2)		 2.827
(71.8)		 2.453
(62.3)		 1.736
(44.1)		 1.051
(26.7)		 1.067
(27.1)		 2.531
(64.3)		 4.88
(124)		 5.256
(133.5)		 7.551
(191.8)		 51.476
(1,307.5)
Source: Center for Meteorological and Climatic Researches Applied to Agriculture[17]

Demographics

Population pyramid 2010[18]
% Males Age Females %
0.967
 
 85+
 
 1.414
0.967
 
 80–84
 
 1.525
1.637
 
 75–79
 
 1.9
2.121
 
 70–74
 
 2.568
2.27
 
 65–69
 
 3.35
2.791
 
 60–64
 
 3.535
2.57
 
 55–59
 
 3.163
2.605
 
 50–54
 
 3.647
3.24
 
 45–49
 
 4.056
2.98
 
 40–44
 
 4.205
3.312
 
 35–39
 
 3.423
3.61
 
 30–34
 
 3.312
3.275
 
 25–29
 
 3.163
2.791
 
 20–24
 
 2.791
3.684
 
 15–19
 
 3.796
3.35
 
 10–14
 
 3.35
2.493
 
 5–9
 
 2.567
1.935
 
 0–4
 
 1.637

As of the 2010 Brazilian Census, Águas de São Pedro had a population of 2,707. From that total, 2,361 inhabitants are White (87.22%), 279 are Pardo (brown) (10.31%), 41 are Black (1.51%), and 26 are Asian (0.96%).[10][19][20]

In the year 2000, three hundred and five people in the city (16.2% of the municipality population) declared having some type of disability, almost two percent higher than the national average.[21] Among these 305 people, 26 people have permanent mental disabilities; 19 have quadriplegia, paraplegia or permanent hemiplegia; 179 are disabled, with some or great difficulty (permanent) seeing; 136 are disabled, with some or great difficulty (permanent) hearing; 119 are disabled, with some or great difficulty (permanent) walking or climbing stairs.[21]

Religion

As of the 2010 Brazilian Census, Águas de São Pedro population had 1,836 Roman Catholics (67.81%), 148 Pentecostal Christians (77 from Assemblies of God (4.09%), 59 from the Christian Congregation of Brazil (3.13%) and 12 from the Foursquare Church (0.64%)), 74 Spiritists (3.93%), 48 Jehovah's Witnesses (2.55%), 32 Baptists (1.17%), 23 Esoterics (1.22%), 6 Buddhists (0.32%), 9 Orthodox Catholics (0.33%), 8 Presbyterians (0.29%), 3 Methodists (0.11%), 3 Islamics (0.16%), 15 people of other Christian religion (0.8%), 72 people without religion (3.82%), and 2 people who did not declare their religion (0.11%).[22][23]

Some places of worship in Águas de São Pedro
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Assemblies of God Church
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Christian Congregation of Brazil Church
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Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
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Church of the Foursquare Gospel

Roman Catholic Church

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Immaculate Conception Mother Church
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Our Lady of Aparecida Chapel

The history of the Catholic Church in Águas de São Pedro started when Mrs. Maria Julia das Dores Andrade, mother of the city founder, asked him to build the "House of God" along with the construction of the Grand Hotel.[24] The highest place of the city was selected to erect it.

In 1946, a chapel was completed, and its architecture was based on another chapel seen by Dr. Octavio in the city of Rio de Janeiro.[24] The chapel was dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. In 1954, Águas de São Pedro was removed from membership of the city of São Pedro parish, and on May 29 of that same year, the present-day Immaculate Conception Parish was founded by Don Ernesto de Paula.[24] The parish is subordinate to the Diocese of Piracicaba.

Years after the foundation of the parish, a new place near the central area of the city was selected to erect a new church, but those plans were not completed because Canon Marcos Van Inn, the creator of the project, died. Then the parochial hall of the city was nominated by the Bishop of Piracicaba, Don Aníger Maria Melillo, to be adapted into the city's Mother Church, as it remains today. The title of Immaculate Conception was transferred from the old chapel to the Mother Church, and the chapel is now dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of the Apparition.[24]

Parks and recreation

Fountain in Octavio Moura Andrade Square
Fountain in Octavio Moura Andrade Square

The city have two large parks (Dr. Octavio Moura Andrade Municipal Park and the Waters Park "José Benedito Zani") and a mini municipal garden.

Way of the Sun

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Casa de Santiago

Idealized by José Palma in 2002,[25][26] the Way of the Sun (Portuguese: Caminho do Sol) is a preparatory way to the Way of St. James, and it is recognized by the Xunta de Galicia.[27] The route ends at the city of Águas de São Pedro, in the House of St. James (Portuguese: Casa de Santiago) located in the Municipal Mini Garden. Several pilgrims, with bicycles or hiking, come to the city every year through the way as a religious pilgrimage or tourism. The way have 241 kilometers and passes through 12 municipalities in the following order: Santana de Parnaíba, Pirapora do Bom Jesus, Cabreúva, Itu, Salto, Elias Fausto, Capivari, Mombuca, Saltinho, Piracicaba, São Pedro, and Águas de São Pedro.

Government

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See also: List of mayors of Águas de São Pedro

The current mayor is Paulo Cesar Borges, also known as Paulo Ronan, affiliated to the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, and the vice mayor is Paulo Sergio Barboza de Lima, affiliated to the Democratic Labour Party.[2]

Public safety and crime

The city is a safe and calm place, with a low crime ratio compared to other cities of the state.[citation needed] Since its foundation, the municipality had registered only one murder case, a double homicide in August 17, 1994, when Fátima Rinaldi Dante, 40 years old, and her granddaughter, Maria Virgínia Dante, 1 year old, were shot dead.[28] The case was not solved.

Crimes reported to Police in Águas de São Pedro between 1999-2015
Murder Manslaughter Attempted murder Assault and battery Rape Drug trafficking Theft Robbery Motor vehicle theft and carjacking
1999 0 - - - - - 50 4 6
2000 0 - - - - - 66 4 1
2001 0 - - - - - 52 4 11
2002 0 - - - - - 48 4 4
2003 0 - - - - - 47 6 6
2004 0 - - - - - 68 4 6
2005 0 - - - - - 61 3 3
2006 0 - - - - - 72 2 7
2007 0 - - - - - 73 4 1
2008 0 - - - - - 65 5 2
2009 0 - - - - - 55 9 4
2010 0 - - - - - 40 3 2
2011 0 - - - - - 46 3 1
2012 0 1 1 31 0 1 65 6 7
2013 0 0 0 28 0 1 41 7 5
2014 0 1 0 26 1 5 40 4 6
2015 0 1 0 18 0 2 39 2 2
Source: Public Security Secretariat of the State of São Paulo[29][30]


Education

Águas de São Pedro is served by three public schools:[8][31]

  • "Vida" Municipal Pre-school (Portuguese: Escola Municipal de Educação Infantil "Vida"), also known by the acronym EMEI Vida.
  • Águas de São Pedro Municipal Elementary School "Maria Luiza Fornasier Franzin" I, II and III (Portuguese: Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental de Águas de São Pedro "Maria Luiza Fornasier Franzin" I, II e III), also known by the acronym EMEFASP "Maria Luiza Fornasier Franzin" I, II and III. The numbers I, II and III represents the three different buildings of the school; each building houses different school grades.
  • "Angelo Franzin" State School (Portuguese: Escola Estadual Angelo Franzin), also known by the acronym E.E. "Angelo Franzin".

The city also has a higher education institution. Inaugurated in 1995,[32] the Senac University Center - Águas de São Pedro Campus (Portuguese: Centro Universitário Senac - Campus Águas de São Pedro) is a private university maintained by the Brazilian National Commercial Training Service, that is known by the acronym Senac (Portuguese: Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial). It was formerly known as Senac Faculties, but in 2004 it was accredited by the Brazilian Ministry of Education and Culture as University Center.[32][33]

Infrastructure

Transportation

Only one highway pass through the city, the SP-304, Rodovia Geraldo de Barros. It connects Águas de São Pedro with the cities of São Pedro (8 km northwest) and Piracicaba (29 km southeast).[note 1] Due to the high traffic of trucks, part of the road that passes through the urban area have several potholes. With that problem, politicians of the municipality and the neighbouring cities pressure the state governor for the duplication of the highway.[35]

The old city's bus station was upgraded and it opened again on December 31, 2008, to properly receive the passengers of intercity buses.[36]

Utilities

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Sabesp Águas de São Pedro water treatment plant

Electricity is provided to the city by the São Paulo State Power and Light Company (Portuguese: Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz).[37]

Water is provided by the Basic Sanitation Company of the State of São Paulo (Sabesp),[38] which provides tap water to 100% of the city, but covers only 93,47%~95% of the city with sewage collection.[39][40] Águas de São Pedro do not have a sewage treatment plant, then all the collected sewage (70,000 l/day, 101.7 kg BOD/month) is not treated[39][41] and it is disposed in the Araquá River, that is also one of the city's main water resources. The absence of a sewage treatment plant in the city has generated complaints from the population, questioning the responsibility of Sabesp in this problem.[42] Other problematic cases such as water catchment, erosion,[43] and environmental degradation[44] have caused the mayor considering not renew the contract with the company, which matured in April 2010.[45]

Health care

Águas de São Pedro do not have a hospital, only a Municipal First Aid Clinic and a [Medical] Specialties Clinic.

Sister cities

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Queried data in the online system (Web Routes) of the Department of Highways (Portuguese: Departamento de Estradas de Rodagem) of the Logistics and Transport Secretariat of the State of São Paulo.[34]

References

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