Vargem Grande do Sul
| Vargem Grande do Sul | |
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| Municipality | |
 Location in São Paulo state |
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 Vargem Grande do Sul
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| Coordinates: 21°49′58″S 46°53′32″W / 21.83278°S 46.89222°WCoordinates: 21°49′58″S 46°53′32″W / 21.83278°S 46.89222°W | |
| Country |
 Brazil
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| Region | Southeast Region |
| State | São Paulo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 267 km2 (103 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 41,807 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2) |
Vargem Grande do Sul (Portuguese for "Southern Great Lowland") is a municipality in the northeast of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 41,807 (2015 est.) in an area of 267 km². The elevation is 721 m. Access through state roads SP-344 and SP-215. Human Development Index is 0.802.
Vargem Grande do Sul roots lie in a little hamlet in the way of a "Bandeirante" route ("Bandeirante" routes were those used by the first explorers of the country's interior in the 17th century, known as Bandeirantes, who composed colonial scouts known as the "Bandeiras"). This hamlet was first noted in 1832 and called "Várzea Grande".
In 1888 the district Vargem Grande was created within the municipality São João da Boa Vista. The independent municipality Vargem Grande was established in 1922. Its name was changed into Vargem Grande do Sul in 1944.
It was by the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century the arrival of the first immigrants that eventually replaced slaves in coffee farms when slavery was abolished. European immigrants would quickly increase in noticeable numbers in the municipality and the state of São Paulo so that they became the majority population.
Vargem Grande do Sul is located in the northeast of the state of São Paulo in Brazil, in a region known as the Mogiana. In the rural surroundings of the municipality coffee was traditionally produced, although it has currently given place mostly to potato farms. The population in 2004 was 39,047 and the area is 267.26 km². The elevation is 721 m.
Summer is usually warm and winter dry. Temperature ranges from 35 to 10 degrees Celsius, and average is 27.
Rivers "Jaguari-Mirim", "Verde" and "Fartura" cross the municipality's territory.
Most of Vargem Grande do Sul's inhabitants descend from European immigrants, especially from Italy. Italian family dominate the register of the municipality. Significant families include the Baizi, the Bassi, the Beloni, the Bortoloto, the Buzato, the Canal, the Coracini, the Cossi, the Filipini, the Longuini, the Lupetti, the Marquesini, the Menossi, the Molinari, the Nardini, the Pratali, the Pecinato, the Rocchetto, the Sartori and the Sbardelini.
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