- District of Bethel
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The District of Bethel is located in East of Paulínia, to five kilometers of the center that city, near the district campineiro by Barão Geraldo. Has about 49.5 km2 and 1165 people. Bethel is the leading example of the growth of Paulínia. By 1993 the region was part of the district of Barão Geraldo in Campinas. This year was a referendum for the annexation of the district Paulínia[1], as Bethel was very attached to this city. The annexation was approved by people and area of Paulínia has been expanded.
View of the entrance of Bethel, near the SP-332
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History
The region of Bethel began to be populated by around 1889, when it was built to the Railroad Funilense. The railroad was a decisive milestone for the settlement of Barão Geraldo and Bethel Paulínia. Bethel comes as part of Barão Geraldo. From 1950 came the Alvorada Parque neighborhood, which is then expanded to the region of Avenue Constant Pavan. As Bethel grew, approached by Paulínia. The people had all the main obligations in the center of Paulinia. In 1993, where a plebiscite was 73.5% of 441 registered voters voted in Bethel annexation by the district in Paulínia.
Neighborhoods of Bethel
By 1993 Bethel included two neighborhoods: Alvorada Parque and Okinawa. After this year, due to the intense urban growth, new neighborhood s appeared in the district. Currently there are eighteen districts in Bethel, condominiums and urban centers:
- Boa Esperança
- Business Center
- Centro Empresarial nossa Senhora de Fátima
- Condomínio Santa Izabel
- Fazenda do Deserto
- Greenville
- Jardim Ivone Alegre
- Morro Azul
- Moradas de Betel
- Okinawa
- Parque das Indústrias
- Pólo de Ensino Profissional
- Porto do Sol
- Residencial das Paineiras
- Residencial Manacás
- Sítio Bonomi
- Unicamp (CPQBA)
- Vila Alvorada Parque
The population is concentrated in the Alvorada Parque and the Parque das Indústrias, which is located in the main shopping district.
Urban Organization
In Bethel there are three main avenues:
- Avenida Alexandre Cazellatto Avenue;
that connects the neighborhood Alvorada Parque to neighborhoods Parque das Indústrias and the Residencial Paineiras, near the Rodovia Doutor Roberto Moreira or PLN 010.
File:District of Betel.JPGView of the Avenue Alexandre Cazellatto- Avenida Constant Pavan Avenue;
connecting the neighborhood Alvorada Parque to neighborhood Business Center and Nossa Senhora de Fátima, in PLN 010.
- Avenida Professor Benedito Montenegro Avenue;
connecting the avenues Alexandre Cazellatto and Constant Pavan and the region of Irene Karcher Avenue, the main core of industrialization of Bethel.
Besides the above avenues, a number of secondary roads, most industrialized headquarters of poles, which are:
- Avenida Armando Botasso Street
- Avenida Irene Karcher Avenue
- Avenida Maria Estéfano Maluf Avenue
- Avenida 1 - Business Center
- Avenida 2 - Parque das Indústrias
- Estrada do Morro Azul
- PLN 393
- PLN 464
Educational Center
Bethel is located in a center of vocational schools as composed of the ETEP, the SENAI, the CEFUP-Training Center of Public officials Paulínia as well as School Professor Domingos de Araújo, among others.
PLN 393 is located in the CPQBA (Center Multidisciplinary Research Chemical, Biological and Agricultural) of Unicamp, which conducts research and technological cintíficas.
Economy
Bethel is a major industrial center, the second largest of Paulínia after the region of Replan. Companies like Heringer, Galvani, Rhodia and Purina make Bethel a place industrialized, but with very high levels of pollution, which makes this district a place with serious environmental problems.
References
- ^ "estimates of the population for July 1, 2008". Paulínia News. January 16, 2009. http://www.paulinianews.com.br/?pg=noticia&id=2938. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
Coordinates: 22°47′15.91″S 47°06′42.87″W / 22.7877528°S 47.1119083°W
Categories:- Populated places in São Paulo (state)
- Neighbourhoods in Paulínia
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