Jales is a municipality in the state of

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. The population in 2020, according to the

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, is 49,201 inhabitants. The city is located 601 km from the city of

. It is the seat of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jales The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jales () is a diocese located in the city of Jales in the ecclesiastical province of São José do Rio Preto in Brazil. History * 12 December 1959: Established as Diocese of Jales from the Diocese of Rio Preto. L ...

History

The city was founded on April 15, 1941 and the municipality was created by state law in 1948.

Demographics

Statistics

*Area: 368.5 km² *

Population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

: 127.57/km² (IBGE/2010) - 222.90/km² (SEADE/2011) *Urbanization: 94.1% (2010) *

Sex ratio A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. However, many species deviate from an even sex ratio, ei ...

(Males to Females): 95.4 (2011) *

Birth rate Birth rate, also known as natality, is the total number of live childbirth, human births per 1,000 population for a given period divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registr ...

: 10.77/1,000 inhab. (2009) *

Infant mortality Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday. The occurrence of infant mortality in a population can be described by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age ...

: 15.8/1,000 births (2009) *Homicide rate: 4.0/100 thousand ppl (2008) *

HDI The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which ...

: 0.804 (

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/2000) All statistics are from SEADE and IBGE.

Economy

The

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corresponds to 72.6% of the Jales GDP. Industry has a participation of 23,51%, and the

Primary sector The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in d ...

corresponds to 3.89% of the GDP.

Media

In telecommunications, the city was served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo. In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).

Notable people

* Régis, football player

References

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