Assis is a city and a municipality in the southwestern part of the state of

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. The population is 105,087 (2020 est.) in an area of 460.61 km. The town was founded on July 5, 1905, and became a municipality in 1917, when it was separated from Platina. It is the largest city of its

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, and the 2nd of its mesoregion, and is 434 km away from the capital,

. The town has an annual average temperature of 21,37 °C, annual rainfall , and the vegetation predominates

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and

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, is then a transition zone of vegetation. Its Human Development Index (HDI) is 0.805, considered high if compared to

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and is in 28th place among Brazilian cities. The name ''Assis'' is a reference to Captain Assis, who explored the lands of the region. Is currently formed by the city of Assis, with its single district headquarters since Tarumã became a separate municipality in 1990. The city is known for its title ''Fraternal City'' and the undergraduate courses from UNESP at Assis,

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(Municipal Assis Educational Foundation) and Unip (Universidade Paulista - Paulista University). In the city, there are many industries, schools, universities, large agriculture production and strong commerce and services. The city is the seat of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Assis The Roman Catholic Diocese of Assis ( la, Dioecesis Assisensis) is a diocese located in the city of Assis in the Ecclesiastical province of Botucatu in Brazil. History * November 11, 1928: Established as Diocese of Assis from the Diocese of Bot ...

. Assis is one of the most important of region and has a privileged geographic location where there are different types of agriculture. Furthermore, the city is served by Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport. Assis is cropped by the railroad old Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana and by numerous highways connecting the main cities of the region, the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná Furthermore, the city is regional development reference, with influence in the cities of Assis's Microregion, a few municipalities in the Ourinhos's Microregion,

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's Microregion and North of Paraná by his commerce, services, cultural services, sports, science and technology that make Assis that bears the title of Capital of Paranapanema, even with strong competition from larger centers such as Marilia, Presidente Prudente and

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Administration and political

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: Ricardo Pinheiro (2013/2016) Assis is seat of Government Region State and of CIVAP - ''Consórcio Intermunicipal do Vale Paranapanema'' (Intermunicipal Consortium of Paranapanema Valley) what is an alliance of 25 cities in Paranapanema Region with 300k inhabitants. Nascido em Assis, Thiago Cepa leva o nome da cidade para a mais importante capital do mundo. Thiago é responsável pela logística de Feltham, bairro onde nasceu e viveu Freddie Mercury.

Economy

The economy of the city is diverse with strong commerce and services participation, but with huge state participation. Like other cities of Brazil, its market isn't a free market. Has a huge regulations, taxes and other effects of huge Brazilian state. In the city are many marketplaces like ''Supermercados Avenida'', ''Rede 20 Supermercados'', ''Supermercados Amigão'', ''Supermercados São Judas Tadeu'' and

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. The city was growing in IT, in the city was a huge number of IT companies (98 companies of IT is operating in Assis) like VSM, TOTVS Agroindústria, WebManagers, SE7I, ANGAZA, PENZE, ComunicarTI, Engemap and others.

Education

Assis has a system of state and private primary and secondary schools and a variety of vocational- technical schools. It's started in 1917 when Assis was transformed into a city. The first official and state school was Assis Isolated School (Escola Isolada de Assis), what was changed to Scholar Group of Assis (Grupo Escolar de Assis). After that, was created in 1941 the Assis Normal School (''Escola Normal de Assis'') with High School course and Normal course, that allowed the teacher formation. In 1951 was created officially the Artesanal School of Assis (''Escola Artesanal de Assis''), that was changed into Industrial School of Assis, that nowadays is Assis's State Technical School "Pedro D'Arcádia Neto". FCLA-Unesp

Furthermore, in 1956 the

State Legislature approved the Bill proposed by the House Representative Mr José Santilli Sobrinho who creates the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages of Assis (''Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Assis'') as an Institute for Higher Education. In 1959 was installed the course of Languages. Today the faculty is a part of multi-campus system of Universidade Estadual Paulista (Paulista State University) with name Faculty of Science and Languages of Assis (FCLA) In the city are other universities like

which was created by Assis's city hall (in other words, is a state university), but unlike Unesp the courses are not free and their students are required to pay tuition in all courses.

Educational institutions

The universities and colleges include:

Health care

Assis has a large health care state and private system like Hospital Regional de Assis, the largest health care center of Mesoregion of Assis and reference in public health in this region. The city have a huge number of hospital around the city. Furthermore, the city has other hospitals like Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Assis and Hospital de Olhos Oeste Paulista (Hospital of Eyes of Paulista West), one of the best

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hospital in the

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Transportation

Bandeira do Departamento de Estradas de Rodagem do Estado de São Paulo

Assis is the headquarters of the Departamento de Estradas e Rodagens de São Paulo (Departament of Roads of São Paulo), being the 7th Regional Division. It is responsible for managing state roads of Middle Paranapanema and part of the

's Mesoregion and Ourinhos's Microregion. * Avenida/Rodovia Benedito Pires (Benedito Pires Highway/Avenue) - Connects Assis to Cândido Mota. Four-lane highway. * SP-270 - Rodovia Raposo Tavares (Raposo Tavares Highway) - Connects Assis to Ourinhos, Presidente Prudente,

and others. From Ourinhos to Presidente Prudente is a

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highway. *

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- Rodovia Manilo Gobbi (Manilo Gobbi Highway) - Connects Assis to

Paraguaçu Paulista Paraguaçu Paulista is a municipality in south-west of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Microregion of Assis, situated in the middle Paranapanema Valley. The population is 45,945 (2020 est.) in an area of 1001.3 km². It ...

SP-333 SP-333 is a state highway in the state of São Paulo in Brazil serving the main cities of Ribeirão Preto, Sertãozinho, Jaboticabal, Itápolis, Marília, Assis and Tarumã at the shores of the Paranapanema River The Paranapanema River (Port ...

- Rodovia Rachid Rayes (Rachid Rayes Highway) - Connects Assis to

and

Bauru Bauru () is a Brazilian municipality in midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. It is the main city of the mesoregion and microregion of Bauru. The population is 379,297 (2020 est.) in an area of 667.68 km². Established in 1896, ...

- Rodovia Miguel Jubran (Miguel Jubran Highway) - Connects Assis to Tarumã, Florínia and

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(old Assis -

Highway). Assis to Tarumã is a

highway. The city is served by Assis Airport.

References

External links

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Assis City Hall Website
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Assis City Council Website
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