Boituva

Município de Boituva ; Boituva
	Aerial view of Boituva
	Boituva
	Boituva
Coordinates	23 ° 17 ′ S , 47 ° 40 ′ W Coordinates: 23 ° 17 ′ S , 47 ° 40 ′ W
	Location of Boituva in the state of São Paulo
Symbols
coat of arms	flag
founding	September 6, 1937
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	São Paulo
ISO 3166-2	BR-SP
Mesoregion	Itapetininga (1989-2017)
Microregion	Tatuí (1989-2017)
Metropolitan area	Sorocaba
height	637 m
climate	subtropical, cfb
surface	249 km²
Residents	48,314 (2010)
density	194.1 Ew. / km²
estimate	59,793 Ew. ▲ (July 1, 2018)
Parish code	IBGE : 3507001
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.boituva.sp.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Fernando Lopes da Silva (2017-2020)
Political party	(PSDB)
economy
GDP	2,650,583 thousand R $; 47,565 R $ per person ; (2015)
HDI	0.780 (2010)

Boituva , officially Portuguese Município de Boituva , is a Brazilian medium- sized town in the state of São Paulo .

history

Before modern times, the area of the Boituva community was inhabited by the now extinct indigenous tribe Guaianaz, also guaianases or guaianã . The name Boituva was first used in the 18th century. In the old Tupí language it means "place of the many snakes".

population

According to the 2010 census, the municipality had 48,314 inhabitants, who are called Boituvenser. It ranks 128th among the cities in São Paulo by population. According to the IBGE's estimate of July 1, 2018, the population was calculated to grow to 59,793 residents. The area is around 249 km²; the population density is 194.1 people per km². Of the inhabitants (2010), 45,457 were in the urban core and 2,866 in the rural zone.

Infrastructure and economy

The city is on the state highways SP-129 and SP-280 . A railway line has crossed the city in a north-south direction since 1882.

In the north of Boituva, Grupo Petrópolis operates a large brewery . The Wuppertal company Schmersal and the adhesive manufacturer Henkel also have locations here.

Culture and sights

Air sports in Boituva

Boituva is considered the Brazilian capital of parachuting .

Web links

Commons : Boituva - collection of images, videos and audio files

City Prefecture website (Brazilian Portuguese)
City Council website (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Boituva - Panorama. Retrieved September 28, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
↑ ^a ^b Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 ° de julho de 2018. (PDF; 2.6 MB) In: ibge.gov.br. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), 2018, accessed September 29, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
↑ Eduardo Bueno, Benedito Prezia (Ed.): Os Nascimentos de São Paulo. Ediouro, São Paulo 2004, p. 58.
↑ Eduardo Navarro : Método moderno de tupi antigo. A língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos. 3. Edition. Global, São Paulo 2005, p. 56.

[IBGE2010-1] A ^b Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Boituva - Panorama. Retrieved September 28, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).

[Einwohnerzahlen2018-2] Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 ° de julho de 2018. (PDF; 2.6 MB) In: ibge.gov.br. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), 2018, accessed September 29, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).

[3] Eduardo Bueno, Benedito Prezia (Ed.): Os Nascimentos de São Paulo. Ediouro, São Paulo 2004, p. 58.

[4] Eduardo Navarro : Método moderno de tupi antigo. A língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos. 3. Edition. Global, São Paulo 2005, p. 56.