São Roque (meaning Saint Roch in Portuguese) is a city in the state of

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. It is part of the

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. The population is 92,060 (2020 est.) in an area of 306.91 km². The city is at an altitude of 771 m. São Roque is connected by two main highways:

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and Rodovia Castelo Branco. It is located 60 km west from the

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. Some of the neighboring municipalities are Cotia, Vargem Grande Paulista, Ibiúna,

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and Aluminio. São Roque has protected greenspaces and maintains itself as a lush ecological paradise. It has a good climate with a wonderful countryside. The

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mountains cover the southeast. It has an excellent infrastructure, especially well-developed for

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production. In the 19th century, immigrants from Italy and Portugal arrived in São Roque to work in vineyards. Tourism is also a significant part of the economy. It holds the largest artificial ski park in

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, the Ski Mountain Park.

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In telecommunications, the city was served by

Companhia Telefônica Brasileira Companhia Telefônica Brasileira (CTB) was a Brazilian fixed-line telephone company that provided services to the states of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (state), São Paulo, as well as Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo thr ...

until 1973, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo. In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).

Transportation

The city is served by São Paulo Catarina Executive Airport. The city also has several taxi stands located in the central area and at the bus station. Intercity transportation is operated by two companies: Rápido Luxo Campinas (to

Sorocaba Sorocaba () is a municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. With over 723,000 inhabitants, it is the seventh-largest city in the state and the second-largest outside the Greater São Paulo region, ranking behind only Cam ...

Alumínio Alumínio ( Portuguese meaning aluminium) is a Brazilian municipality of the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 18,767 (2020 est.) in an area of 83.66 km2. The elevation is 790 m. Alumí ...

, Ibiúna and

Araçariguama Araçariguama is a city on the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population of city is of 22,860 (2020 est.) in an area of 145.20 km2. The elevation is 695 m. Araçarigua ...

, by EMTU) and Viação Danúbio Azul (to Itapevi, Pirapora do Bom Jesus, Vargem Grande Paulista, Cotia and

, all including the latter by ARTESP, as it is a partial trip line -VP- between São Roque and Pirapora do Bom Jesus). All lines operate from a suburban terminal located next to the bus station. Viação Cometa operates bus lines (to

Itapetininga Itapetininga is a municipality in the state of São Paulo State, São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 165,526 (2020 est.) in an area of 1790 km2. The name comes from a Tupi-Guarani language, meaning "dry stone".Santos, São Vicente, Praia Grande and Mongaguá). The city is connected to the state capital by two highways, Raposo Tavares SP-270 and Castelo Branco SP-280. The former also connects São Roque to Sorocaba, the most important regional economic center in the region. There is a railroad connecting São Roque to São Paulo and Sorocaba: it is the Trunk Line of the former Sorocabana Railroad. However, the railroad is currently deactivated in the region, since passenger transportation was discontinued in

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, after the privatization of the company that owned the railroad, the state-owned company FEPASA.

Notable people

* Juca de Oliveira, actor

References

External links

* http://www.guiasaoroque.com.br Website about São Roque * http://www.saoroque.sp.gov.br *
São Roque on citybrazil.com.br
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