were some of the pioneers. In 1912, Birigui gains another inhabitant, José Cordeiro, a typical bandeirante captain who leaves Lençóis Paulista with his expedition and joins the town. Manuel Bento da Cruz founded the company of Lands, Timber and Colonization São Paulo, with as pioneers Roberto Clark and James Mellor. With the passage of time, the crop is occupying what was bush. Our coffee cycle is coming. With this rampant progress, Birigui achieved his emancipation on December 8, 1921, only ten years after its foundation. In February 1922 the first town hall of Birigui was elected, a month later Archibald Thomas Clark took office as the first mayor. Economy The Tertiary sector corresponds to 71.12% of Birigui's GDP. The Secondary sector is 27.07% of the GDP and the Primary sector corresponds to 1.8%. Birigui is recognized for being the most important center of children's shoes production in Brazil with a production of 57 million pairs in the year of 2006. In the same year it had 159 industries in the children' shoe's segment and their profit was over 800 million reais (R$). Among all these industries there are over 18 thousand workers which consist in 60% of the jobs offered in all the city. Footwear industry (2014/2015) 350 factories Daily output 250,501 pairs Annual production 58.2 million pairs / year Annual export 2.9% Employees in the footwear industry 19,490 50 shops of factories (approximately) Geographical Aspects Located under the latitude 21º17'19" S and longitude 50º20'24" W. Geographic space Region: 9th Administrative Region. Location: Northwest of the State of São Paulo. Highways: Marechal Rondon, Engineer Gabriel Melhado Filho and Senator Teotônio Vilela. Boundaries: Northeast - Buritama; East - Crowned; Southwest - Bilac; West - Araçatuba. Distance to: São Paulo - 521 km Araçatuba - 11 km Bilac - 19 km Buritama - 40 km Coroados - 9 km Weather According to Köppen climate classification Birigui has a humid subtropical climate. Highest 36 °C and Lowest 4 °C. Hydrography Rivers: Tietê, Baixotes, Grande, Tabapuã, Ribeirão Baguaçu, Da Colônia, Do Imbé, Barro Preto, Água Branca Demography Population: 108 728 inhabitants (IBGE/2010) Demographic density (inhabitants/km2): 204.79 Infantile mortality until 1 year old(in each thousand children): 9,64 Life expectancy (years old): 74,96 Fecundity rate (children by woman): 2,01 Human development index (HDI): 0,829 HDI Income: 0,761 HDI Longevity: 0,833 HDI Education: 0,893 (Source: IPEADATA) Ethnography Colour/race Percentage White 78,0% Black 1,8% Brown 18,8% Yellow 1,1%