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| Destination: Piracicaba |
City which initially had the names of N. S. dos Prazeres, after St. Anthony, moved from April 24 of 1856, calling itself Piracicaba. This name, often of indigenous origin, Tupi-Guarani means where the fish come "or" place where the fish stops. "Counts that in the river, which is known as the jump of Piracicaba river, used to fish with umbrella. It seems joke, but said that when the fish began to ascend the river, gave many jumps and was only staying in one of its stones strategically fitted with an umbrella turned down and catch the fish of your buck when. It is 173 km from the capital, with an area of 1368 square kilometers, nearly 400,000 inhabitants and dominates the cultivation of sugarcane, and steel industries.
The suspension bridge, with its Belvedere, the Ingenio Central and Rio Piracicaba is its main tourist attraction. In economics, excels the industrial complex with more than 5 thousand industries. The textile sector is considerable, more and a large petrochemical production of alcohol. It also highlights the livestock and poultry. |
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