Bauru

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Bauru
Municipality
Municipality of Bauru
From the top, left to right: the Vitória Régia Park; the front of SESC Bauru; the Catholic Church Santa Terezinha; The Bauru Station; the Automobile Club; Rui Barbosa Square; and a panoramic view of the city.
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  Custos vigilat (Latin)
Location in São Paulo state
Bauru Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 22°18′54″S 49°03′39″W / 22.31500°S 49.06083°W / -22.31500; -49.06083
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Government
• Mayor	Suéllen Rosim
Area [1]
• Total	667.68 km2 (257.79 sq mi)
Elevation	537 m (1,762 ft)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	379,297
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-03:00 (BRT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-02:00 (BRST)
Postal code	17040
Area code	(+55) 14
Demonym	bauruense
HDI (2010)	0.801 – very high[3]
Website	www.bauru.sp.gov.br

Bauru (Portuguese pronunciation: [bawˈɾu]) 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.^[1] Established in 1896, its boundaries are Reginópolis to the north, Arealva to the northeast, Pederneiras to the east, Agudos and Piratininga to the south and Avaí to the west.

The presence of a strong service sector, many college campuses - including the University of São Paulo and Universidade Estadual Paulista - and the city's location at the junction of three railroads and three highways make Bauru a major urban center of the State of São Paulo.

It is the hometown of Marcos César Pontes, the first Brazilian in space. It is also the town where Pelé grew up and learned his football skills.

The city is served by two airports: the older Comte. João Ribeiro de Barros Airport and the newer Bauru-Arealva Airport, officially known as Moussa Nakhl Tobias Airport, located in the adjoining municipality of Arealva.

There are various theories intended to explain the origin of the name Bauru. One was proposed by Ismael Marinho Falcão, an engineer who lived for many years with the Kaingang tribe, which used to inhabit the region. According to him, the region was called ubaurú because of the abundance of a herbaceous plant called ubá, used for hampers and wicker baskets, and urú, a ground bird related to the chicken.

Others think that the name comes from mbai-yuru, meaning 'waterfall' or 'river in strong declivity'; or ybá or uru, 'basket of fruits' in Old Tupi;^[4] or even bauruz, as the natives who inhabited the edges of the Batalha River were called.^[5]

Historically, the region occupied by Bauru was a disputed territory between two Indigenous groups: the Kaingang and the Guaraní. In the eighteenth century, ethnic Brazilian pioneers attempted to settle in São Paulo region, which was a crossing point of the monções (river expeditions) that went through Mato Grosso and Goiás, but they were prevented by local natives' attacks. The non-Indians only managed to settle in the region in the nineteenth century with the coming of the population coming from São Paulo's coast as well the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.^[6] After 1850, in search of new land for occupation and colonization, pioneers from São Paulo and Minas Gerais began to explore the vast region between the Serra de Botucatu, Tietê River, Paranapanema River and Paraná River, until then inhabited by Kaingang indigenous groups.

In 1856, Felicissimo Antonio Pereira, coming from Minas Gerais, purchased land and settled, near the current center of Bauru, the Fazenda das Flores (Farm of Flowers). Years later, in 1884, this farm (also called Campos Novos de Bauru) have spun off part of its area for the training camp of the São Sebastião de Bauru. The district has progressed, even being subject to attacks of native Kaingang and relatively isolated from the rest of the state and became district of Agudos on 1888. The arrival of migrants from eastern São Paulo and Minas Gerais led to the emancipation of the city on August 1, 1896.

The new municipality at first lived from the cultivation of coffee, despite having weaker and infertile lands than the rest of the state. In 1905, Bauru was chosen as the starting point of the Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil, which linked by rail, Bauru to Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, near the border with Bolivia.^[7] During the first half of the twentieth century, Bauru becomes the main economic hub of the region comprised by west São Paulo, northern Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul.

In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia Telefônica Brasileira until 1973, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo.^[8] In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012.^[9]

The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).^[9]

The municipality is home to the professional association football team Esporte Clube Noroeste and Associação Bauru Basketball Team, 2014 Champion of the Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol^[14] and 2015 Champion of the FIBA Americas League. The team plays its home games at the Ginásio Panela de Pressão. Brazilian legend Pelé grew up here.

• Tenri, Japan, since 1970.
• Sibiu, Romania, since 1995.

• Diltor Opromolla, leprosy researcher
• Ozires Silva, Aeronautical engineer, founder of Embraer
• Marcos Pontes, Aeronautical engineer, Astronaut, Fighter pilot, Recipient of National Order of Merit
• Airton Daré, racing driver
• Alecsandro, football player
• Mário Sabino, judoka
• Pelé, football player

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bauru.

• Bauru travel guide from Wikivoyage
• (in Portuguese) UOL.com.br, History of Bauru - Origin of Bauru.
• (in Portuguese) SP.gov.br, Official Website - Prefeitura Municipal de Bauru
• Embrapa.br, Aerial view of the city

Bauru

• [1], Site de Bauru