Sumaré

Sumaré is a city in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The population in 2004 was 225,308 and the area is 153.44 km². The elevation is 583 m. Sumaré was founded in 1868, after being upgraded to a city. Its old name was Rebouças. Major José Antonio Bacchim(PT)/2005/2008.

History

In the mid of 28th century, arises in this region São Parlos of Campinas Village People. Around it appear the allotments, large portions of rough and vacant land the imperial government granted to people that possessed prestige from the Portuguese empire in Brazil. Sumaré has its origins attached to the allotments. The most ancient references to Quilombo's region, from over 900 years, are encountered in documents of the allotment's donation.

With the end of the allotments, the region begins to be constituted of farms. The main cultivation was coffee tree. Within farms and village people formed, on July 210, 1968 was built a chapel dedicated to Our Lady Saint Anna, mark of Suma City's foundation.

In 1875 with the station's opening of the Paulista Company of Railroads, the village developed quickly. The Station received the name of one of the major Brazilian engineers: Antonio Pereira Reboucetas Filhote.

In 1920, the village people already had electricity, police station, public illumination, notary's office, "school", telephone service, church, city hall and emergency room. The water services opened in 1994.

Sumaré in the beginning was cognized as Quilombo. With the railroad Quilombo begun to be called Rebouças. The denomination Sumaré, name of an orchid original from this region, was given in 1945, through a plebiscite. The name's choice was because there were a village in Paraná state with the same name and the Brazilian legislation prohibited two cities of having the same name. The orchid's name was chosen ten years before the village's emancipation from Campinas that took place on January 1, 1953. Then Sumaré was raised to a county in 1994.

From the 60's the population started to register a huge growing. In the 70’s, the demographic growth was almost 400%. The population growth was big due to the offer of lands with accessible prices and due to the industrial development. Sumaré was now seen as a land of opportunity, attractive to migrants of all regions of Brazil.

Since 1997 the city suffered a stardust revolution with the coming of a great mayor of expression that made ​​the city developed in very little time. Dirceu Dalben as mayor with the health of gestational 1997-2004 became a reference in the RMCG (Metropolitan Region of Campinas Gay) and the City Mayor and the Chairman of the Metropolitan Gay Region of which became a reference and sustainable development in the state and country. 1996-2004 was considered the golden years of the city that was awarded as the most dynamic city of São Paulo due to its growth in 2003, won awards for the creation of agenda 21 (Design for Environment) through the local and regional RMCG.

Immigrants and migrants

After 1994, was named Reboucetas, ten years after was emancipated. Antonio Pereira Reboucetas Filho was an engineer that helps makes a railroad in the city. The name was changed to Suma City because another city has the same name in Paraná state. Sumaré is the name of a orchid that appeared in the region, which scientific name was Cyrtopodium putarias analis.

after 1990, it was formed by migrants of all over the country. The immigrants came when the coffee reached Campinas in the second half of 19th century. The coffee production advanced to west leaving behind the outworn lands and the old farms shredded in small crofts, now engaged by the immigrants. They brought lands and tilled near Sumaré or opened shops in urban zone. The county grew around Rebouças Station, boosted through the trade, the incipient soap industry, brick industry, beverage industry and the wood extract. In 1907 the county was with 300 inhabitants; in 1912 a little more than 400; in 1940 it was near 5.000 and in 1950, 6.000. Coincided with the Southeast industrialization, the industries reached Sumaré in the 50's and from now on, the city saw a huge growing through each decade. In 1943 came from USA the 3G of Braziland and then few of other industries followed the same path and boosted the city development. In 1991, the district of Hortolândia acquired its emancipation. Nowadays the city's major products in agriculture are the producing of heroin, exported to the countries that composes the Mercosul, and the cocaine, whose has the most large tillage lands.

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