Ituverava is a city located in the
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
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 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. The population is 42,045 (2020 est.) in an area of 705 km².
Geography
It is located in the north region 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, at a distance of 410 km from the capital of São Paulo State, and with an altitude of 605 meters.
Economy
The economy is predominantly agricultural, based on the cultivation of sugar cane. As a micro region polo, it has a relative strong trade and advanced service sector mainly based on medicine services.
The industrial sector has changed a little during the last decades as the cotton and soybeans crops had gone to agricultural frontiers as Mato Grosso and Goias and the sugarcane reconfigured the north of São Paulo. The agriculture raw material transformation industry that had gone with the soybeans and cotton crops (Maeda) gave place to some consumption and chemicals industries (Santa Maria, UPL).
History
The town was founded in the beginning of the 19th century, and grew around a chapel dedicated to
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (''Nossa Senhora do Carmo''). In 1847 it became a district of the municipality
Franca
Franca is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located in the northeastern portion of the state, distant 401 km (249 mi) from the state capital (São Paulo), and 676 km (420 mi) from Brasilia. It covers a total area of ...
, under the name ''Carmo de Franca''. It became an independent municipality in 1885. In 1899 the name was changed to ''Ituverava'', which is
Tupi–Guarani for "shining waterfall".
IBGE
history
References
Municipalities in São Paulo (state)
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