Guaratinguetá
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Coordinates: 22 ° 49 ′ S , 45 ° 14 ′ W Guaratinguetá on the map of Brazil
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | São Paulo (State) | |
| City foundation | June 13, 1630 | |
| Residents | 119,753 (2016) | |
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| surface | 751 km 2 | |
| Population density | 150.4 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 530 m | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | Marcus Augustin Soliva ( PSB ) (2017–2020) | |
| City patron | Anthony of Padua | |
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Guaratinguetá , officially Portuguese Município da Estância Turística de Guaratinguetá , is a Brazilian city in the east of the state of São Paulo with around 120,000 inhabitants.
The Município extends over 751 km² at an average altitude of 530 m above sea level. NN. The name of the city comes from a Tupí language : gûyra ( heron ), tinga (white) and etá (many), so Gûyrating'etá (many white herons).
The 1986 South American Basketball Championship for women took place here.
Education and economy
Guaratinguetá is located in the Vale do Paraíba , one of the economically strongest regions in Brazil. The Faculty of Engineering (FEG) of the state university UNESP is located in Guaratinguetá, as are facilities of the German companies BASF and Liebherr .
Town twinning
In October 1992 the community signed a sister city agreement with the Japanese Ōizumi .
Population development
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sons and daughters of the town
- Frei Galvão (1739–1822), Franciscan , saint
- Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848–1919), politician, President from 1902 to 1906
- Ivanir Mandrake do Nascimento (1934–1988), percussionist
- Fabiana Diniz (* 1981), handball player
- Felipe Dias da Silva dal Belo , called Felipe (* 1984), football player
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ População estimada 2016 (Estimate by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) for the year 2016: 119,753)
- ↑ 平 成 １５ 年 第 ６ 回 大 泉 町 議会 定 例会 会議 録 第 １ 号 ( Minutes of the meeting No. 1 of the 6th Ōizumi city council meeting, 2003). Ōizumi, p. 38 , archived from the original on March 2016 ; Retrieved May 13, 2012 (Japanese).