Assis

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Mayor: Ricardo Pinheiro (2013/2016)

Assis is seat of Government Region State and of CIVAP - Consórcio Intermunicipal do Vale Paranapanema (Intermunicipal Consortium of Paranapanema Valley) what is an alliance of 25 cities in Paranapanema Region with 300k inhabitants.

The economy of the city is diverse with strong commerce and services participation, but with huge state participation. Like other cities of Brazil, its market isn't a free market. Has a huge regulations, taxes and other effects of huge Brazilian state. In the city are many marketplaces like Supermercados Avenida, Rede 20 Supermercados, Supermercados Amigão, Supermercados São Judas Tadeu and Walmart. The city was growing in IT, in the city was a huge number of IT companies (98 companies of IT is operating in Assis) like VSM, TOTVS Agroindústria, WebManagers, SE7I, ANGAZA, PENZE, ComunicarTI, Engemap and others.{{cite web|url=http://www.assiscity.com/?id=81-23798|title=Inauguração do Walmart|language=pt}}{{cite web|url=http://computerworld.com.br/tecnologia/2013/04/19/totvs-faz-terceira-aquisicao-do-ano-e-leva-a-prx/|title=TOTVS faz terceira aquisição do ano e leva a PRX|language=pt}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vsm.com.br/|title=Site da VSM|language=pt}}

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Assis has a system of state and private primary and secondary schools and a variety of vocational-technical schools. It's started in 1917 when Assis was transformed into a city. The first official and state school was Assis Isolated School (Escola Isolada de Assis), what was changed to Scholar Group of Assis (Grupo Escolar de Assis). After that, was created in 1941 the Assis Normal School (Escola Normal de Assis) with High School course and Normal course, that allowed the teacher formation.GUSMÃO, Emery Marques. ARQUIVOS ESCOLARES, MEMÓRIA E CULTURA. UNESP – FCLAs – CEDAP, V.1, n.1, p. 56-65, 2005.

In 1951 was created officially the Artesanal School of Assis (Escola Artesanal de Assis), that was changed into Industrial School of Assis, that nowadays is Assis's State Technical School "Pedro D'Arcádia Neto".{{cite web|url=http://www.etecassis.net|title=Site da Etec Pedro D'Arcádia Neto|language=pt}}

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Furthermore, in 1956 the São Paulo State Legislature approved the Bill proposed by the House Representative Mr José Santilli Sobrinho who creates the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages of Assis (Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Assis) as an Institute for Higher Education.

In 1959 was installed the course of Languages. Today the faculty is a part of multi-campus system of Universidade Estadual Paulista (Paulista State University) with name Faculty of Science and Languages of Assis (FCLA){{cite web|url=http://www.assis.unesp.br/#!/instituicao|title=Institucional da FCLA - Unesp de Assis|language=pt}}

In the city are other universities like FEMA which was created by Assis's city hall (in other words, is a state university), but unlike Unesp the courses are not free and their students are required to pay tuition in all courses. {{cite web|url=http://fema.edu.br/images/imesa/historico_instituicao_fema.pdf|title=Histórico da FEMA|language=pt|access-date=2014-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531070630/http://fema.edu.br/images/imesa/historico_instituicao_fema.pdf|archive-date=2014-05-31|url-status=dead}}

The universities and colleges include:

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• Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho;
• Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP), São Paulo Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology;
• Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo (Fatec), São Paulo Technological College;
• Fundação Educacional do Município de Assis (FEMA), Municipal Assis Educational Foundation;
• Universidade Paulista (Unip), Paulista University;
• União das Instituições Educacionais de São Paulo (Uniesp), Union of Colleges of State of São Paulo;
• Universidade Virtual do Estado de São Paulo (UNIVESP), Virtual University of the State of São Paulo;
• Universidade do Norte do Paraná (Unopar), Paraná Northern University;
• University of São Paulo (USP) - Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz da Universidade de São Paulo - Postgraduate online courses;

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Assis has a large health care state and private system like Hospital Regional de Assis, the largest health care center of Mesoregion of Assis and reference in public health in this region. The city have a huge number of hospital around the city. Furthermore, the city has other hospitals like Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Assis and Hospital de Olhos Oeste Paulista (Hospital of Eyes of Paulista West), one of the best ophthalmological hospital in the country.

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Assis is the headquarters of the Departamento de Estradas e Rodagens de São Paulo (Department of Roads of São Paulo), being the 7th Regional Division.{{cite web|title=Divisões do DER |access-date=14 April 2014 |url=http://www.der.sp.gov.br/website/Contatos/divisao_regional.aspx |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415184708/http://www.der.sp.gov.br/website/Contatos/divisao_regional.aspx |archive-date=15 April 2014 }} It is responsible for managing state roads of Middle Paranapanema and part of the Marília's Mesoregion and Ourinhos's Microregion.

• Avenida/Rodovia Benedito Pires (Benedito Pires Highway/Avenue) - Connects Assis to Cândido Mota. Four-lane highway.
• SP-270 - Rodovia Raposo Tavares (Raposo Tavares Highway) - Connects Assis to Ourinhos, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo and others. From Ourinhos to Presidente Prudente is a freeway highway.
• SP-284 - Rodovia Manilo Gobbi (Manilo Gobbi Highway) - Connects Assis to Paraguaçu Paulista
• SP-333 - Rodovia Rachid Rayes (Rachid Rayes Highway) - Connects Assis to Marília and Bauru
• SP-333 - Rodovia Miguel Jubran (Miguel Jubran Highway) - Connects Assis to Tarumã, Florínia and Paraná State (old Assis - Londrina Highway). Assis to Tarumã is a freeway highway.

The city is served by Assis Airport.

In telecommunications, the city was served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imprensaoficial.com.br/DO/BuscaDO2001Documento_11_4.aspx?link=/1973/ineditoriais/abril/24/p1/pag_0054_DUI6O3SN7V5CNe7E7ANSRTTG04F.pdf&pagina=54&data=24/04/1973&caderno=Ineditoriais&paginaordenacao=100054|title=Creation of Telesp - April 12, 1973|access-date=2024-06-04|website=www.imprensaoficial.com.br|language=Portuguese}} 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).{{Cite web|url=https://ri.telefonica.com.br/en/the-company/our-history/|title=Our History - Telefônica RI|access-date=2024-06-04|website=Telefônica}}

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|location = Assis, elevation {{convert|551|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–2022)

|Jan record high C = 37.3

|Feb record high C = 37.0

|Mar record high C = 36.6

|Apr record high C = 38.0

|May record high C = 32.6

|Jun record high C = 30.8

|Jul record high C = 34.8

|Aug record high C = 37.1

|Sep record high C = 39.6

|Oct record high C = 42.5

|Nov record high C = 38.7

|Dec record high C = 37.2

|Jan record low C = 11.2

|Feb record low C = 12.2

|Mar record low C = 11.8

|Apr record low C = 3.6

|May record low C = 2.2

|Jun record low C = -3.2

|Jul record low C = -3.0

|Aug record low C = -0.1

|Sep record low C = 0.0

|Oct record low C = 7.3

|Nov record low C = 9.4

|Dec record low C = 10.4

|Jan high C = 30.0

|Feb high C = 30.1

|Mar high C = 30.1

|Apr high C = 28.7

|May high C = 25.3

|Jun high C = 24.6

|Jul high C = 25.1

|Aug high C = 27.4

|Sep high C = 28.4

|Oct high C = 29.6

|Nov high C = 30.0

|Dec high C = 30.3

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|Jan mean C = 24.6

|Feb mean C = 24.6

|Mar mean C = 24.2

|Apr mean C = 22.4

|May mean C = 18.9

|Jun mean C = 17.9

|Jul mean C = 17.8

|Aug mean C = 19.3

|Sep mean C = 21.1

|Oct mean C = 22.9

|Nov mean C = 23.7

|Dec mean C = 24.4

| year mean C =

|Jan low C = 19.2

|Feb low C = 19.1

|Mar low C = 18.3

|Apr low C = 16.0

|May low C = 12.5

|Jun low C = 11.2

|Jul low C = 10.4

|Aug low C = 11.2

|Sep low C = 13.8

|Oct low C = 16.3

|Nov low C = 17.3

|Dec low C = 18.6

| year low C =

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|Jan precipitation mm = 237.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 178.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 130.7

|Apr precipitation mm = 93.8

|May precipitation mm = 87.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 65.0

|Jul precipitation mm = 43.8

|Aug precipitation mm = 40.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 89.6

|Oct precipitation mm = 135.3

|Nov precipitation mm = 140.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 175.7

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| access-date = 7 July 2024}}

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| access-date = 7 July 2024}}

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| access-date = 7 July 2024}}

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{{see also|Religion in Brazil|Protestantism in Brazil|Roman Catholic Church in Brazil}}

Christianity is present in the city as follows:

The Catholic church in the municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Assis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/r10br.html|title=Sul 1 Region of Brazil [Catholic-Hierarchy]|access-date=2024-07-22|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}

The most diverse evangelical beliefs are present in the city, mainly Pentecostal, including the Assemblies of God in Brazil (the largest evangelical church in the country),{{Cite web|url=https://confradesp.com.br/campos-eclesiasticos/|title=Campos Eclesiásticos|date=2018-12-10|access-date=2024-07-22|website=CONFRADESP|language=Portuguese}}{{Cite web|url=https://ad.org.br/locations/|title=Arquivos: Locais|access-date=2024-07-22|website=Assembleia de Deus Belém – Sede|language=Portuguese}} Christian Congregation in Brazil,{{Cite web|url=https://congregacaocristanobrasil.org.br/localidade|title=Localidade - Congregação Cristã no Brasil|access-date=2024-07-22|website=congregacaocristanobrasil.org.br|language=Portuguese}} among others. These denominations are growing more and more throughout Brazil.

• List of municipalities in São Paulo
• Interior of São Paulo

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• {{in lang|pt}} [http://www.assis.sp.gov.br/ Assis City Hall Website]
• {{in lang|pt}} [http://www.assis.sp.leg.br/ Assis City Council Website]

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Category:1917 establishments in Brazil

Category:Populated places established in 1917