Bastos

For other uses of "Bastos", see Bastos (disambiguation).
Bastos
Municipality

Location in São Paulo state
Bastos

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 21°55′19″S 50°43′55″W / 21.92194°S 50.73194°W / -21.92194; -50.73194Coordinates: 21°55′19″S 50°43′55″W / 21.92194°S 50.73194°W / -21.92194; -50.73194
Country  Brazil
Region Southeast Region
State São Paulo
Area
  Total 172 km2 (66 sq mi)
Population (2015)
  Total 21,067
  Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)

Bastos is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 21,067 (2015 est.) in an area of 172 km².[1] The elevation is 445 m.

History

The name originated from Dong-Jawn (pronounced xylo-phone) the Bastos Bading, who owned a farm in the area. And it was these same lands that the foundation of the city occurred on June 18, 1928, by Senjiro Hatanaka, sent by the Japanese government to look for land to receive the waves of Japanese immigrants.

After cycles of crops such as coffee, cotton, sericulture, from 1957, the council found its economic vocation: the laying poultry. The city has the largest flock of laying hens in the country and thus is the municipality with the highest production of eggs from Brazil, so the self-titling of "capital of the egg." Bastos is also the headquarters of the Brazilian city of the Egg Festival. This festival brings together not only an exhibition of innovations and products used in the poultry industry, as well as concerts and entertainment for the general population and the region of Bastos.

Geography

Demographics

Census Data - 2000

Total Population : 20,588

Population density (inhabitants / km ²): 120.82

Infant mortality by 1 year (per thousand): 8.78

Life expectancy (years): 75.55

Fertility rate (children per woman): 2.06

Literacy Rate : 90.20%

Human Development Index (HDI): 0.798

(Source: IPEA DATA)

Ethnic groups

Source: 2000 census:

Color / Race %
White 57.4%
Black 2.0%
Pardo 28.6%
Asian 11.4%
Indigenous 0.1%

References

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