Ibitinga

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 21°45′28″S 48°49′44″W / 21.75778°S 48.82889°W / -21.75778; -48.82889

Flag of Ibitinga

Map showing where is Ibitinga

Ibitinga is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2008 is 53,158 and the area is 689,249 km². The elevation is 491m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, and it means "Terra Branca" ("White Lands").

This town is commonly referred at the "Embroidery National Capital", for its large embroidery industry, which started in the 1960s with descendants from Madeira Island, and really developed after 1974, when the City Hall promoted the first "Embroidery Fair", at the City Stadium. Year after year, the town passed from being dependent on agriculture and cattle to its current situation, where the economy mostly depends on embroidery and tourism.

Tietê river flows through Ibitinga lands. Jacaré-Pepira, the cleanest river at São Paulo state, is a tributary of Tietê river, and the intersection of the two rivers in Ibitinga is one of the most beautiful postcards of the town. At the Tietê river in Ibitinga, it is also located a dam (at the Ibitinga Hydroelectric Power Station) and one lock. This lock, together with many others at other Tietê dams, allows the navigation of Tietê river along most of its length.

State of São Paulo, Brazil

Government	Governors Senators

Transport	Highway system List of highways

Education	Universities

Sports

Auto racing	Autódromo José Carlos Pace Ayrton Senna

Football	FPF Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Série A2 Série A3 Segunda Divisão Copa Paulista Corinthians Palmeiras Ponte Preta Portuguesa Santos São Paulo

Cities of São Paulo by population

Capital	São Paulo

1,000,000+	Campinas Guarulhos

500,000+	Osasco Ribeirão Preto Santo André São Bernardo do Campo São José dos Campos Sorocaba

200,000+	Americana Araraquara Barueri Bauru Carapicuíba Cotia Diadema Embu das Artes Franca Guarujá Hortolândia Indaiatuba Itapevi Itaquaquecetuba Jacareí Jundiaí Limeira Marília Mauá Mogi das Cruzes Piracicaba Praia Grande Presidente Prudente Santos São Carlos São José do Rio Preto São Vicente Sumaré Suzano Taboão da Serra Taubaté

100,000+	Araçatuba Araras Atibaia Barretos Birigui Botucatu Bragança Paulista Catanduva Cubatão Ferraz de Vasconcelos Francisco Morato Franco da Rocha Guaratinguetá Itapecerica da Serra Itapetininga Itu Jandira Jaú Mogi Guaçu Ourinhos Pindamonhangaba Poá Ribeirão Pires Rio Claro Salto Santa Bárbara d'Oeste Santana de Parnaíba São Caetano do Sul Sertãozinho Tatuí Valinhos Várzea Paulista Votorantim

Mesoregion

Araraquara

Araraquara	Américo Brasiliense Araraquara Boa Esperança do Sul Borborema Dobrada Gavião Peixoto Ibitinga Itápolis Matão Motuca Nova Europa Rincão Santa Lúcia Tabatinga Trabiju

São Carlos	Analândia Descalvado Dourado Ibaté Ribeirão Bonito São Carlos

Southeast Region, Brazil

References

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibitinga
http://www.ibitinga.sp.gov.br/nov/

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.