Serra Negra

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Coordinates: 22°36′44″S, 46°42′02″W

A view of the Serra Negra from the Morro do Mirante

Statue of Christ the Redeemer at the top of a hill in the city of Serra Negra

Serra Negra is a city and municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It belongs to the meso-region of Campinas. Population (2000) was 24,953 inhabitants. Total area: 203,5 km², demographic density: 112 inhab./km²

The name of the city means black mountain in the Portuguese language. It is located at an altitude of 925 m, in the Serra da Mantiqueira, a mountain range which runs mostly along the border of the state of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, and thus it has a mild climate, being also a busy tourism spot, similarly to its close neighbours, the cities of Lindóia and Águas de Lindóia.

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Serra Negra was founded on 23 September 1828, but at least a century before that the region was already inhabited and was on the passageway between São Paulo and Minas Gerais. It was elevated to the status of city on 21 April 1885. At the end of the 19th century, the region received a large influx of European immigrants, mostly Italians, who came to work on coffee farms. Mineral water sources were discovered by Luiz Rielli in 1928 and the city became a much sought after spa town (it is known as the "City of Health").

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Serra Negra has schools or a collegiate, high schools, churches, banks and a few parks.

[edit] External links

• (Portuguese) Official site
• (Portuguese) SerraNegra.Com
• (Portuguese) citybrazil.com.br

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