Botucatu
Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located 224.8 km from São Paulo, the capital of the state of São Paulo. It has an estimated population of 148,130 in an area of 1,482.64 km2. It lies on the top of a plateau. Botucatu became a village in 1855, and a city in 1876.The region has humid-subtropical weather, with dry cold winters and hot wet summers. During winter the temperature rarely falls below 2 °C. During most of the... Show more year, mainly at night, a breeze blowing over São Paulo plateau, from which Botucatu elevates about 200 m, cools the city and surroundings; this cold everyday wind from the high plateaus is where the city got its name from.Botucatu's biggest employer is UNESP, one of the three São Paulo state universities, one of the top universities in all of Latin America and part of several World Top Universities list, making the city an important center for medical...