São João da Boa Vista

• Name — São João da Boa Vista • Settlement Type — Municipality • Official Name — Município de São João da Boa Vista • Mapsize — 250px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Type2 — State • Subdivision Name — Brazil • Subdivision Name1 — Southeast Region • Subdivision Name2 — São Paulo • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Vanderlei Borges de Carvalho • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — June 24, 1824 • Area Total Km2 — 516.399 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Total — 91,771 • Elevation M — 767

The city was founded on June 24, 1824, when a group of miners decided to rest at the edge of Jaguari Mirim River, which was already in the state of São Paulo. Amazed by the beauty of the natural surroundings, the miners decided immediately to establish a town on the site and, to celebrate that day's saint as well as the amazing views at sunset, the city was named São João da Boa Vista. Only 14 years later, the town was declared a district. On March 24, 1859 it became a city, and on February 7, 1885 it became a judicial district, providing to its citizens all of the basic infrastructure.

According to IBGE 2010, São João da Boa Vista has 83,661 inhabitants. Etnias • Color/Race — Percentage • White — 85,36% • African — 4,47% • Multiracial — 9,54% • Asian — 0,09% • Indigenous Peoples — 0,03% • Without Declaration — 0,50%

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).

• Nenê Bonilha – football player • Glenn McMillan – actor and lawyer • Mariana Morais – MMA featherweight fighter • Guiomar Novaes – famous piano player • Roger Abdelmassih – a doctor and pioneer of in-vitro fertilization, who was also convicted of multiple rapes.