Pindorama () is a municipality in the state of

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. The name is Tupi for ''Land of the Palms'', the natives name for

. According to tradition, before colonisation "Pindorama" (Tupi for "Land of the Palms") was the native name of

, given by the local indigenous peoples.

Location

The population is 17,216 (2020 est.) in an area of 184.8 km². The municipality contains the Pindorama Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1986 from a former experimental agricultural station. Pindorama belongs to the

Mesoregion of São José do Rio Preto The Mesoregion of São José do Rio Preto is one of the 15 mesoregions of the São Paulo state, Brazil. It is located at the north/northwest portion of the state, and has an area of 29,394.7 km². The mesoregion has a population of 1,569, ...

Economy

The

Tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

corresponds to 57.86% of Pindorama's GDP. The

Primary sector The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy ...

is 9.45% of the GDP and the Industry corresponds to 32.70%.

References

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