is also the birthplace of the football player Anderson Luís de Souza, better known as Deco. Entertainment & Sport The Cidade da Criança () is an amusement park located in the center of the city behind the former Vera Cruz Film Studios. It was the first theme park in Brazil and in Latin America. It opened on October 10, 1968. The local association football clubs are rivals São Bernardo Futebol Clube and Esporte Clube São Bernardo. The city also hosted the 2011 Pan American Women's Handball Championship. Geography Location São Bernardo do Campo is located in the top of the Serra do Mar, on the Atlantic plateau. It occupies an area of 407.1 square kilometre. The altitude varies from a low of 60 meters above sea level at the foot of the mountain range where Rio Passareúva with the Rio Pilões rivers meet, to 986.5 meters at the peak of the Bonilha, in the Montanhão neighborhood. Climate According to the Köppen climate classification São Bernardo do Campo has a humid subtropical climate. On average the maximum temperatures is 24.0 Celsius, with an average low of 14.8, an average of 19.09 Celsius. In 2010 the summer temperatures reached in January–February. In summer, normally only for a few days, heavy storms occur, reaching of precipitation. Winter is the coldest of the ABC region. In July and August the temperature can reach or less, but towards the end of winter the heat returns with temperatures reaching . The summer of 2012 was not as hot as the previous 5 years. Also the average temperature has decreased over the years to in 2011 and in 2012. Demographics As of the census of 2006, the population was 803,906, making it the second most populous suburb of São Paulo, and fourth most populous city in the state. The population density was 1,937.02/km2. Source: PNAD. The population are primarily Afro-Brazilians and Luso-Brazilians. There are significant populations of Italian, Arab, Asian (mostly Japanese) Spanish and German descendants. Economy São Bernardo do Campo, from the 1950s had its economy based on the auto industry - At that time, the Brazilian Federal Government headed by Juscelino Kubitschek decided to create an executive board to promote local carmaking - the Grupo Executivo da Indústria Automobilística (GEIA) (Executive Group for Automobile Industry). Providing, among other regulations, a minimum amount of national components to integrate the vehicles, it stimulated the implantation of carmakers