Cesário Lange is a Brazilian municipality in the state of
São Paulo
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. It is part of the
Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba The Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba ( pt, Região Metropolitana de Sorocaba) is an administrative division of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It was created in 2014, and consists of the following municipalities:
* Alambari
*Alumínio
*Araçarigu ...
, and the statistical mesoregion of
Itapetininga and microregion
Tatuí
Tatuí is a city located in São Paulo state, Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 122,967 (2020 est.) in an area of 523.75 km2. Known as "Music City", the city has the largest music school in Latin Am ...
. The population is 18,375 (2020 est.) in an area of .
History
The municipality was founded in December 12, 1878 by João Mendes de Almeida, according to Law No. 29/64. It was assigned town category under Law No. 5285 of February 18, 1959, implemented January 1, 1960. Its political emancipation was made under Law No. 28 of August 19, 1966. The town was named in honor of Cesario Lange Adrien, its first teacher. Almeida built the first chapel in the city, dedicated to
Santa Cruz, which was subsequently enlarged into a church.
Highways
*
SP-280: Rodovia Presidente Castelo Branco.
*
SP-143: Cesário Lange / Pereiras - Rodovia Marechal Rondon.
*
SP-141
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: Cesário Lange / Porangaba.
*
SP-127
SP-127 is a state highway in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 ...
: Cesário Lange / Tatuí.
* Highway Otávio Pilon: Vicinal Cesário Lange / Cerquilho - Rodovia do Açúcar.
Economy and religion
Agriculture
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,
industry,
religious tourism
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and leisure are some of the economic activities practiced in the city, which is a breeding center thoroughbred horses.
In the city of Cesário Lange, is the ''Associação Torre de Vigia de Bíblias e Tratados'' (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Association), the Brazilian headquarters of
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The group reports a worldwide membership of approximately 8.7 million adherents involved in ...
religious group. That site is organized the work of the Witnesses in the country and print millions of Bible literature that are sent to all the
Portuguese-speaking world, including
Portugal
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.
References
Municipalities in São Paulo (state)
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