Mogi Mirim is a municipality located in the eastern part of
São Paulo State, in
Brazil. The population is 93,650 (2020 est.) in an area of 498 km².
[Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]
/ref> The elevation is 611 m.
Mogi Mirim is around 65 km from Campinas, the biggest city in the region, and 129 km from the capital São Paulo.
Name
The origin of the name Mogi Mirim is the Tupi Tupi may refer to:
* Tupi people of Brazil
* Tupi or Tupian languages, spoken in South America
** Tupi language, an extinct Tupian language spoken by the Tupi people
* Tupi oil field off the coast of Brazil
* Tupi Paulista, a Brazilian municipalit ...
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
The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...
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, a world champion with the Brazilian team in the 2002 World Cup.
References
External links
Official home page
(in Portuguese).
{{SaoPauloState-geo-stub