Assis is a city and municipality in the southwestern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, about 434 kilometres from the state capital. The town was founded on 5 July 1905 and became a municipality in 1917, when it separated from Platina. It is the largest city of its microregion and the second of its mesoregion, and it calls itself the Capital of Paranapanema. The 2022 census counted 101,409 inhabitants in an area of 460.61 square kilometres. Assis hosts a campus of the Paulista State University (UNESP) and other colleges, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese, and is served by an airport, the old Sorocabana railroad and several state highways. Its name honours a Captain Assis who explored the region.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: São Paulo municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, 2022 censusQuote, Municipalities table, 2022 census
Assis Municipality 87,251 95,144 101,409
2. Assis (Wikipedia)
3. GeoNames: GeoNames place record for Assis
GeoNamesCoordinates
Coordinates -22.66167, -50.41222
Elevation (band: lowland under 500 m, highland from 500 m)
SRTM3 560 m
Timezone
Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
View the Source 4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell -22.75 N/S -50.25 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinatesQuote, Grid cell -22.75 N/S -50.25 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinates
-22.75 -50.25 Cfa
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