Garça

Coordinates: 22°12′55″S 49°39′04″W / 22.21528°S 49.65111°W / -22.21528; -49.65111

The Festival das Cerejeiras, a party of Japanese culture with cherry trees flowers, bringing around 120.000 visitors each year.

Garça is a town located in the west-central part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Established on October 4, 1924, it was one of the cities that had been part of the coffee circle, in the beginning of the 20th century. Garça is known for its coffee plantations, the iron line city and by the Festival da Cerejeira that happens every year. The average altitude is 663.2 m (2,176 ft) above sea level. The area is 554,00 km², are urban and 503,74 km² are rural.

Geography

Climate

The climate is subtropical with temperatures ranging from 17.8°C to 28.5°C. The precipitation is 1.274,4 mm/a. The rainy season occurs in the summer (December until March), with the temperature hovering between 25 and 30°C. Low temperatures occur in the months of April and July.

Topography

Wavelike, being bigger in its area, located in territory of ridges, where it has small brooks and streams, converging all to the formation of the Rios do Peixe, Tibiriçá and Feio.

Soil types

• Podzol, Marília Variation

Vegetation

The region is characterized by lush vegetation, predominantly grassy, while the native vegetation was primarily tropical forest.

Famous Garcenses

• Roberto Carlos, football player.
• Valdir Peres, football player.

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