Assis

It is the largest city of its microregion, and the 2nd of its mesoregion, and is 434 km away from the capital, São Paulo. The town has an annual average temperature of 21,37 °C, annual rainfall 1441 mm, and the vegetation predominates Mata Atlântica and Cerrado, is then a transition zone of vegetation. Its Human Development Index (HDI) is 0.805, considered high if compared to state and is in 28th place among Brazilian cities. The name Assis is a reference to Captain Assis, who explored the lands of the region. It is currently formed by the city of Assis, with its single district headquarters since Tarumã became a separate municipality in 1990. The city is known for its title Fraternal City and the undergraduate courses from UNESP at Assis, FEMA (Municipal Assis Educational Foundation) and Unip (Universidade Paulista - Paulista University). In the city, there are many industries, schools, universities, large agricultural production, and strong commerce and services. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Assis. One of the most important regions and has a privileged geographic location where there are different types of agriculture. Furthermore, the city is served by Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport. Cropped by the railroad old Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana and by numerous highways connecting the main cities of the region, the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná Furthermore, the city is regional development reference, with influence in the cities of Assis's Microregion, a few municipalities in the Ourinhos's Microregion, Marília's Microregion and North of Paraná by his commerce, services, cultural services, sports, science and technology that make Assis that bears the title of Capital of Paranapanema, even with strong competition from larger centers such as Marilia, Presidente Prudente and Londrina.

• Official Name — Assis • Settlement Type — Municipality • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Brazil • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Southeast • Subdivision Type2 — State • Subdivision Name2 — São Paulo • Subdivision Type3 — Mesoregion • Subdivision Name3 — Assis • Subdivision Type4 — Microregion • Subdivision Name4 — Assis • Subdivision Type5 — Metrop. region • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Telma Spera (PL) (2025-2028) • Elevation M — 543 • Area Total Km2 — 460.61 • Population Total — 101,409 • Population As Of — 2022 Census • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Est — 104,858 • Pop Est As Of — 2025 • Blank Name Sec1 — HDI • Timezone1 — BRT • Utc Offset1 — -03:00 • Timezone1 Dst — BRST • Utc Offset1 Dst — -02:00 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 19800-000 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 18 • Website — http: www.assis.sp.gov.br/

• Illustration — City Hall of Assis 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.

Composition of Economy(2011) • Commerce and Services — 80,44 % • Industrial — 16,70 % • Agriculture — 2,86 % The economy of the city is diverse with strong commerce and services participation, but with huge state participation. In the city are many marketplaces. The city was growing in IT, in the city was a huge number of IT companies (98 companies of IT is operating in Assis).

Assis has a system of state and private primary and secondary schools and a variety of vocational-technical schools. It 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. In 1951 was created officially the Artesanal School of Assis (Escola Artesanal de Assis), that was changed into Industrial School of Assis, which nowadays is Assis's State Technical School "Pedro D'Arcádia Neto". • Illustration — Hall of UNESP of Assis's campus Furthermore, in 1956 the São Paulo State Legislature approved the Bill proposed by the House Representative Mr José Santilli Sobrinho, who created 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) 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.

The universities and colleges include:

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.

• Illustration — The city of Assis is the headquarters of the DR7 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. 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. 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).

Christianity is present in the city as follows:

The Catholic church in the municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Assis.

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), Christian Congregation in Brazil, among others. These denominations are growing more and more throughout Brazil.