[2] The municipality consists of Sertãozinho city and two districts: Cruz das Posses and Vila Garcia.

Malachi, whose estate was called "Vila Nossa Senhora Aparecida", donated about 12 acres (49,000 m2) of land which was divided amongst tenant farmers.

He built a chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary (located at 21 de Abril Plaza).

However, the coffee fields became exhausted and the land was sold to colonos (former colonists) and investors who planted cotton.

[3] In 1928, although union membership was illegal in Brazil, communist entities organised dissident workers on the larger coffee plantations in Sertãozinho.

[6] In the 1960s, Sertaozinho was again a center of conflicted labour relations in Brazil when sugar cane cutters and mill workers threatened to strike over pay.

[6] Sertãozinho is located about 20 km to the west of the town of Ribeirão Preto in the northern part of the state of São Paulo.

The FM radio stations include Nativa, Conquista, VIP, Mais, Nova Gospel, Comunitária, Novo Milênio, and Boa Vontade.

In the south of the township, there are several condominiums and stores on Avenida Atilio Balbo, the Anhanguera University and a campus of the Institute of São Paulo.

In the eastern part of the township are the Ceagesp vegetables and grains market, schools and a sports complex.

[8] The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).

[citation needed] Sertãozinho has four city hall offices: Ferroviário Paschoal; Parque dos Ipês; Vila Garcia; and Cruz das Posses.