Interlagos is a neighborhood located in the district of
Socorro in the city of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
,
Brazil
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. Its name comes from the fact that the region is located between two large
reservoir
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Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
s,
Guarapiranga
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The Reservoir of Guarapiranga (Represa de Guarapiranga) is a reservoir in the southern area of the city of São Paulo, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Construction
The Reservoir of Guarapiranga was constructed in 1906 by the São Pau ...
and
Billings
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, built in the early 20th century to supply
water
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and
electric power to the city. The suburb of Interlagos is located in the south region of São Paulo City on the east bank of the Guarapiranga reservoir.
The
Autódromo José Carlos Pace
The Autódromo José Carlos Pace, better known as Interlagos, is a motorsport circuit located in the city of São Paulo, in the neighborhood of Interlagos. It was inaugurated on 12 May 1940, by the federal intervener Adhemar de Barros. The t ...
itself is still commonly called Interlagos, although that has not been its official name since the 1970s, and it is actually located in the district of
Cidade Dutra, not
Socorro.
The history of the Interlagos circuit dates back to the 1920s, when the city of São Paulo was undergoing a process of fast
urbanization
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.
![Humboldt_Schule](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Humboldt_Schule.JPG)
''
Colégio Humboldt São Paulo'', a German international school, is located in Interlagos.
Home (Portuguese)Home (German)
'' Colégio Humboldt São Paulo''. Retrieved on 15 March 2015. "Av. Eng. Alberto Kuhlmann, 525 · Interlagos · 04784-010 · São Paulo"
See also
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Amaro
References
External links
* – The official website of the Subprefecture of Capela do Socorro
The Subprefecture of Capela do Socorro is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It comprises three districts: Socorro, Grajaú, and Cidade Dutra.
This is the most populous subprefecture of São Paulo, with a total popul ...
Interlagos News
Gazette of Interlagos
* – The official website of the Brazilian Grand Prix
Find Interlagos – Find everything about Interlagos
Interlagos Classifieds - Bars, Restaurants, Pizzerias, etc
Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Amaro
* Autodrómo José Carlos Pace
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