São José do Rio Preto (bra)

São José do Rio Preto

São José do Rio Preto ranks 3,040th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wexford, Germantown, Philadelphia, and Beja, Portugal. Memorable people born in São José do Rio Preto include Cléber Eduardo Arado, Alcides Araújo Alves, and Carol Gattaz. São José do Rio Preto has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes. São José do Rio Preto is located in Brazil.

São José do Rio Preto is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is located in the north/northwest region of the state, approximately 445 km (277 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 700 km (430 mi) from Brasília. With a population of 504,166 inhabitants, by the 2025 estimative of the IBGE, it is the 10th largest city in São Paulo and the 48th largest in Brazil. It has an area of 431.30 km²; the urban area, with 124.79 km², is the 7th largest in the state and the 30th largest in the country. By the 2022 IBGE census, the city had a population of 480,383 inhabitants, with a population density of 1,112.7 people/km². Read more on Wikipedia