Mogi Mirim is a municipality located in the eastern part 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 ...
State, in
Brazil
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. The population is 93,650 (2020 est.) in an area of 498 km².
[Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]
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Mogi Mirim is around 65 km from Campinas
Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian ...
, the biggest city in the region, and 129 km from the capital São Paulo
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.
Name
The origin of the name Mogi Mirim is the Tupi language, a Brazilian indigenous language. Basically this name means "small snakes's river", didactically however avoiding a deep explanation about the Tupi language:
- Mog = Snake
- i = River
- Mirim = Small.
Economy
The local economy have high contribution from agricultural and industrial activities.
The main agricultural goods produced are tomatoes, cassava, sugarcane and oranges.
The main industrial chain is auto parts manufacture, but there are also beverage, shoes and small size industry. Some large companies have operations in the City a
Mars
(Petcare)
Alpargatas
an
Monroe
Sport
The local soccer team is Mogi Mirim Sport Club that nowadays plays in the first division from State League Campeonato Paulista and in the second division from the National League Campeonato Brasileiro.
One famous player that played for this team in the 90's is Rivaldo
Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born 19 April 1972), known simply as Rivaldo (), is a Brazilian former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder but also as a second striker, and on occasion deployed as a wide midfielder or as a ...
, a world champion with the Brazilian team in the 2002 World Cup.
References
External links
Official home page
(in Portuguese).
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