Pirituba is a district in the

subprefecture of Pirituba-Jaraguá The Subprefecture of Pirituba-Jaraguá is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It comprises three districts: Pirituba, São Domingos, and Jaraguá.São Paulo, Brazil SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S ...

. It is located in the northwestern side of the city. A person who lives in Pirituba is often called ''"piritubano"''. Pirituba's name origin is the juxtaposition of the

Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the aboriginal Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. It belongs to the ...

words ''piri'' (Southern cattail, a marshland plant of the

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genus) and ''tuba'' ("many").

History

In the 19th century, the lands where Pirituba now lies were occupied by coffee farms (

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: ''fazenda''), such as Fazenda Barreto (owned by Luiz Pereira Barreto), Fazenda Anastacio (owned by Anastacio de Freitas Trancoso and later by Rafael Tobias de Aguiar), and Fazenda Jaraguá. In 1885, the

São Paulo Railway SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S. ...

opened a train station in Pirituba as part of the

Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí was a gauge railway line in São Paulo, Brazil. On 13 September 1946, the São Paulo Railway was nationalised by the federal government, and passed to be managed by the Brazilian Ministry of Transportation and ...

line. When the owner of the Fazenda Barreto died in 1922, the land was split between his heirs. In the same year the farm's first share was settled, and in 1926 the second share was settled. Those two settlements, together with the initial nucleus established by the train station, become the district's core for development.

Sports

Pirituba has a strong tradition in sports. One of the first rugby teams of Brazil is from Pirituba, and it has one of the biggest baseball fields in the country. There is a strong pedigree of football players and the sport is very popular in the area. Famous

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footballer,

Gabriel Magalhães Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães (; born 19 December 1997), also simply known as Gabriel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the Brazil national team. Club career Avaí Gabriel Ma ...

grew up in the area.

Attractions in Pirituba

* Casa de Nassau - Dutch immigrants' club * Casarão do Anastácio - Fazenda Anastácio's farmhouse * Parque Cidade de Toronto (Toronto City Park) - opened on July 1, 1992, in a partnership with the Canadian cityLanglois, Jill. ''Southern Exposure''. The Grid. October 18th, 2011. http://www.eyeweekly.com/?p=23530 . Retrieved in October 20th, 2012 *

Pico do Jaraguá Pico do Jaraguá (Jaraguá Peak) is the highest mountain in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, at 1135 metres above sea level, located at the Serra da Cantareira. Jaraguá means Lord of the Valley in Tupi. History In 1580, Afonso Sardinha was ...

References

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