Americana (São Paulo)
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Coordinates: 22 ° 44 ′ S , 47 ° 20 ′ W
Americana on the map of Sao Paulo
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| Country | Brazil |
| State | São Paulo |
| City foundation | August 27, 1875 |
| Residents | 237.112 (Ber. 2018) |
| - in the metropolitan area | about 1.5 million |
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| Post Code | 13465-000 |
| prefix | 19th |
| Time zone | UTC −3 |
| City Presidency | Omar Najar ( PMDB ) (2017-2020) |
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Americana is a city in the interior of the Brazilian state of São Paulo with 237,112 inhabitants (2018). The city is located at 47 ° 19 'West and 22 ° 44' South, in the metropolitan area of Campinas at a distance of 40 kilometers from Campinas and 140 kilometers from the city of São Paulo . The municipality covers an area of 134 km².
Americana got its name from American Civil War refugees who settled in the region in 1866. One of them was William Norris , Senator from Alabama . After the town was connected to the rail network in 1875 and a cotton processing factory was built, the region experienced an upswing.
Around 1904 the settlement was named Vila dos Americanos and in 1924 it received city rights.
Today Americana is a city that lives mainly from light industry and from the processing of agricultural production in the area.
The Pedagogical-Historical Museum Dr. João da Silva Carrão , which deals with slavery and cotton production, as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art are interesting.
Sons & Daughters of the City
- Walker Américo Frônio (* 1982), football player
- Inge Vermeulen (1985-2015), hockey player
- Oscar (* 1991), football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (PDF) 2018. Accessed March 6, 2019: "2018 Estimates of Population"
- ↑ Omar Najar 15 (Prefeito). In: com.br. Eleições 2016, accessed April 17, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).