title: Jales
text: # Jales
  
  Jales is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population in 2020, according to the IBGE, is 49,201 inhabitants. The city is located 601 km from the city of São Paulo.
  
  It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jales.
  
  ## History
  
  The city was founded on April 15, 1941.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  ### Statistics
  
  * Area: 368.5 km²
  * Population density: 127.57/km² (IBGE/2010) - 222.90/km² (SEADE/2011)
  * Urbanization: 94.1% (2010)
  * Sex ratio (Males to Females): 95.4 (2011)
  * Birth rate: 10.77/1,000 inhab. (2009)
  * Infant mortality: 15.8/1,000 births (2009)
  * Homicide rate: 4.0/100 thousand ppl (2008)
  * HDI: 0.804 (UNDP/2000)
  
  All statistics are from SEADE and IBGE.
  
  ## Economy
  
  The Tertiary sector corresponds to 72.6% of the Jales GDP. Industry has a participation of 23,51%, and the Primary sector corresponds to 3.89% of the GDP.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Régis Augusto Salmazzo Football player
  