Angatuba

Angatuba
Municipality
Location in São Paulo state
Angatuba Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 23°29′25″S 48°24′46″W / 23.49028°S 48.41278°W / -23.49028; -48.41278Coordinates: 23°29′25″S 48°24′46″W / 23.49028°S 48.41278°W / -23.49028; -48.41278
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast Region
State	São Paulo
Area
• Total	1,028 km² (397 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	24,161
• Density	24/km² (61/sq mi)
Time zone	BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)

Angatuba is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. The population is 24,161 (2015 est.) in an area of 1028 km².^[1] The highway Rodovia Raposo Tavares passes south of the city.

There is controversy about the meaning of the name Angatuba. It is a Tupi-Guarani word for "house of spirits" or "sweet fruit".^[2] Angatuba was founded in 1872, under the name Espírito Santo da Boa Vista. It became a town (vila) and an independent municipality in 1885, when it was separated from Itapetininga. It was elevated to a city (cidade) in 1906. The name was changed to Angatuba in 1908. In 1991 Campina do Monte Alegre was separated from Angatuba.^[2]

The municipality contains the 1,394 hectares (3,440 acres) Angatuba Ecological Station, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1985. The ecological station is contained within the Angatuba State Forest.^[3] This is a 1,196.21 hectares (2,955.9 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1965.^[4]

References

↑ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
1 2 IBGE, history
↑ ESEC de Angatuba (ESEC) (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-30
↑ Angatuba (in Portuguese), Secretaria do Meio Ambiente - Instituto Florestal, retrieved 2016-07-01

External links

(Portuguese) City Hall
(Portuguese) House of Representatives

State of São Paulo, Brazil

Government	Governors Senators

Transport	Highway system List of highways

Education	Universities

Sports

Auto racing	Autódromo José Carlos Pace Ayrton Senna

Football	FPF Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Série A2 Série A3 Segunda Divisão Copa Paulista Corinthians Palmeiras Ponte Preta Portuguesa Santos São Paulo

Cities of São Paulo by population

Capital	São Paulo

1,000,000+	Campinas Guarulhos

500,000+	Osasco Ribeirão Preto Santo André São Bernardo do Campo São José dos Campos Sorocaba

200,000+	Americana Araraquara Barueri Bauru Carapicuíba Cotia Diadema Embu das Artes Franca Guarujá Hortolândia Indaiatuba Itapevi Itaquaquecetuba Jacareí Jundiaí Limeira Marília Mauá Mogi das Cruzes Piracicaba Praia Grande Presidente Prudente Santos São Carlos São José do Rio Preto São Vicente Sumaré Suzano Taboão da Serra Taubaté

100,000+	Araçatuba Araras Assis Atibaia Barretos Birigui Botucatu Bragança Paulista Catanduva Cubatão Ferraz de Vasconcelos Francisco Morato Franco da Rocha Guaratinguetá Itapecerica da Serra Itapetininga Itu Jandira Jaú Mogi Guaçu Ourinhos Paulínia Pindamonhangaba Poá Ribeirão Pires Rio Claro Salto Santa Bárbara d'Oeste Santana de Parnaíba São Caetano do Sul Sertãozinho Tatuí Valinhos Várzea Paulista Votorantim

Mesoregion

Itapetininga

Capão Bonito	Apiaí Barra do Chapéu Capão Bonito Guapiara Iporanga Itaoca Itapirapuã Paulista Ribeira Ribeirão Branco Ribeirão Grande

Itapetininga	Alambari Angatuba Campina do Monte Alegre Guareí Itapetininga

Itapeva	Barão de Antonina Bom Sucesso de Itararé Buri Coronel Macedo Itaberá Itapeva Itaporanga Itararé Nova Campina Riversul Taquarituba Taquarivaí

Tatuí	Boituva Cerquilho Cesário Lange Laranjal Paulista Pereiras Porangaba Quadra Tatuí Torre de Pedra

Southeast Region, Brazil

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