São José do Rio Pardo

São José do Rio Pardo
Municipality

Location in São Paulo state
São José do Rio Pardo

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 21°35′44″S 46°53′19″W / 21.59556°S 46.88861°W / -21.59556; -46.88861Coordinates: 21°35′44″S 46°53′19″W / 21.59556°S 46.88861°W / -21.59556; -46.88861
Country  Brazil
Region Southeast Region
State São Paulo
Area
  Total 419 km2 (162 sq mi)
Population (2015)
  Total 54,388
  Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)

São José do Rio Pardo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 54,388 (2015 est.) in an area of 419 km².[1] The elevation is 676 m. It was founded by Colonel Antônio Marçal Nogueira de Barros in 1870. In the same year, a chapel to Saint Joseph was built. It became a municipality in 1885, when it was separated from Casa Branca.[2] In the late 1800s and the early 1900s the town received a mass of immigration from northern Italy, those immigrants went to town for working in the coffee fields in replacement of the slave workforce, since slaves were set free in 1888 by an act of Princess Isabel.

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