São João da Boa Vista

• Name — São João da Boa Vista • Settlement Type — Municipality • Official Name — Município de São João da Boa Vista • Image Skyline — Sao joao da boa vista.jpg • Image Caption — Aerial view of São João da Boa Vista • Image Flag — Bandeira são joão da boa vista.png • Image Shield — Brasão_são_joão_da_boa_vista.gif • Image Map — SaoPaulo Municip SaoJoaodaBoaVista.svg • Mapsize — 250px • Map Caption — Location of São João da Boa Vista in São Paulo (state) • Pushpin Map — Brazil • Pushpin Label Position — bottom • Pushpin Map Caption — Location of São João da Boa Vista in Brazil • 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 São João da Boa Vista (ˈsɐ̃w ʒuˈɐ̃w dɐ ˈboɐ ˈvistɐ; "Saint John of the Good View" in English) is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population in 2020 was 91,771 and the area is 516.399 km2. The elevation is 767 m.

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.