Embu das Artes

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Embu das Artes
Coordinates: 23 ° 39 ′  S , 46 ° 51 ′  W
Map: São Paulo
marker
Embu das Artes
Embu das Artes on the map of São Paulo
Basic data
Country Brazil
State São Paulo
City foundation February 18, 1959
Residents 240,230  (2010)
City insignia
Brasão de Embu das Artes.jpg
BandeiraEmbu.jpg
Detailed data
surface 70.079 km 2
Population density 3.428 inhabitants / km 2
height 775  m
Time zone UTC −3
Website embudasartes.sp.gov.br
Handicrafts in Embu
Handicrafts in Embu

Embu das Artes , short Embu , officially Portuguese Município da Estância Turística de Embu das Artes , is a city in Brazil . It is located next to São Paulo . Embu is also known as "Embu das Artes" (Embu of the Arts) because of the many artisans and was renamed in 2009 after a referendum.

City prefect of Embu das Artes is Francisco Nascimento de Brito ("Chico Brito") for the 2013 to 2016 term of office. The city extends over 70 km² and in 2010 had 240,230 inhabitants. The number was estimated by the IBGE as of July 1, 2018 at 270,843 residents.

Town twinning

  • JapanJapan Hino (since 1984)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Cidades @ São Paulo: Embu das Artes . Retrieved August 15, 2015 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. IBGE : 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. 2018, Retrieved June 1, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).