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Guaratinguetá
State São Paulo
Established: 1630
Anniversary: June 13
Area: 751 km²
Population: 104,219
Geographic location: 22° 49′ 00″ S 45° 13′ 40″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=22_49_00_S_45_13_40_W_)
Distance from nearby cities: Rio de Janeiro 237 km
Website: www.guaratingueta.sp.gov.br
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Guaratinguetá is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Located in the region of Vale do Paraíba. Land of beatified Frei Galvão, of the President of the Republic (Brazil), Rodrigues Alves and of the Cardiologist Dr Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini. There are 26 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. ... São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Ipanema beach A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ... São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ... Categories: Brazil-related stubs | 1848 births | 1919 deaths | Presidents of Brazil | People stubs ... Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. ...


The name of the city derives from the words in the Tupi language: gûyra (garça), tinga (white) and etá (many), resulting in Gûyrating'etá (meeting of garças white). The Tupi language group consists of 6 languages in the Tupi-Guarani sublanguage family: Tupi Antigo, Nhengatu, Tupinkin, Potiguara, Omagua, and Cocoma. ... White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ...

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History

Since the first times, Guaratinguetá was known for the Indians of the region for the abundance of garças, they live on the edges of the Rio Paraíba lived. The first white settlers arrived at the end of the 16th century, with Portuguese flags hidden beyond behind wealth Serra da Mantiqueira, in the lands known as today as Minas Gerais. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Flag Ratio: 2:3 The flag of Portugal is a 2:3 green and red rectangle divided vertically into green at the hoist (2/5 of the flag’s length) and red at the fly (3/5). ... Minas Gerais is one of the states of Brazil, the second most populous in the federation. ...


In 1628, initiated the povoamento of the region, with the donation of lands by Jacques Felix and its children, being raised in June 13, 1630 with the construction of a chapel, in fact, registered in first Livro-Tombo da Matriz of Santo Antonio. Events March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ...


On February 13, 1651, by intervention of the Capitão Domingos Leme, was raised in a village by Santo Antonio of Guaratinguetá, due to the opening of the a main road. By tradition also, was raised pillory. During the 18th century, became the main point of supplying the explorers of the loads of gold from Minas Gerais, lived for the commerce on the side of the route. During that period, the foreign travellers who had passed there had left valorous documents regarding Guaratinguetá, as much in books how much in paintings. The few and narrow streets are filled by the people in the sundays and holidays for the religious cults. February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... View of the Pillory in the Market-place of Paris in the Sixteenth Century, after a Drawing by an unknown Artist of 1670. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... Minas Gerais is one of the states of Brazil, the second most populous in the federation. ...


It entered into the religious narrative in 1717. In 1757, it initiated the second bigger Party in Louvor to a Saint in the city. Diogo Antonio de Feijó, future priest and regent of the empire of Dom Pedro II, studied in Guaratinguetá with the permitted Manoel Frank Gonçalves enters the years of 1795 and 1798. Events January 4 — The Britain & France sign Triple Alliance March 2 — Dancer John Weaver performs in the first ballet in Britain shown in Drury Lane The Loves of Mars and Venus March 31 - Bishop Benjamin Hoadly, acting on the advice of King George begins the Bangorian Controversy by saying that... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... For the insecticide Regent, see Regent (insecticide) A regent is an acting governor. ... For alternative meanings, see Empire (disambiguation) An empire (also known technically, abstractly or disparagingly as an imperium, and with powers known among Romans as imperium) comprises a set of regions locally ruled by governors, viceroys or client kings in the name of an emperor. ... Dom Pedro IIs family Dom Pedro II and President Ulysses S. Grant, Philadelphia Exposition, 1876 Dom Pedro II in his old age Dom Pedro II of Brazil Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil was the second and final Brazilian Emperor. ...


In the 19th century, Guaratinguetá reached the apogee of coffee production, at the same time where it suffered with the decline of sugar production. During the Brazilian independence, Dom Pedro I spend the night in the city, in August 18 of 1822. Stimulated for the economic development, and promoted by the evolution of coffee, the village became a city in 1844, and of the comarca in 1852. coffee made a hard currency, modified the daily dose of the city. It raised man power in the farms, the constructions in the city were extended and the children of the farmers were taken to study it. Commercial merchandises came in lombo of donkey of the port of Parati and enlarged. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... This article deals with sugar as food and as an important, widely traded commodity; the word also has other uses; see Sugar (disambiguation) A sugar is a form of carbohydrate; the most commonly used sugar is a white crystalline solid, sucrose; used to alter the flavor and properties (mouthfeel, perservation... Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil; Pedro IV of Portugal Pedro I of Brazil, known as Dom Pedro (October 12, 1798 - September 24, 1834), proclaimed Brazil independent from Portugal and became Brazils first Emperor. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... This article needs cleanup. ...


Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, born on the 7 of July, 1848, future council member of the empire, Member of the house of representatives, president of the Province of São Paulo and for two times President of the Republic (Brazil). Was inaugurated by a daily O Mosaico, first of Vale do Paraíba, in 1858. In 1868 and 1884 the Imperial Family was in Guaratinguetá. The development comes the horse (of iron) in 1877 with the construction of the railway commecting São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. With the abolition of slavery, confided space for the immigrants who came to substitute the man power. At the end of 19th century, he was marked by the inauguration of a theater Carlos Gomes, Da Ponte Metálica, the Banco Popular, the market, and water supply, the urban net of sewer and for the installation of the first pertained Grupo Escolar in the city, in the building Dr. Flamínio Lessa. Categories: Brazil-related stubs | 1848 births | 1919 deaths | Presidents of Brazil | People stubs ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... For alternative meanings, see Empire (disambiguation) An empire (also known technically, abstractly or disparagingly as an imperium, and with powers known among Romans as imperium) comprises a set of regions locally ruled by governors, viceroys or client kings in the name of an emperor. ... House of Representatives is a name used for legislative bodies in many countries. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... This article is about political regions. ... Landmark buildings Edifício Italia (at left) and Copan (curved façade at center), in São Paulo Downtown. ... This is a list of the Presidents of Brazil. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Landmark buildings Edifício Italia (at left) and Copan (curved façade at center), in São Paulo Downtown. ... Ipanema beach A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ... A monument celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London Wiktionary has a definition of: Slavery Slavery can mean one or more related conditions which involve control of a person against his or her will, enforced by violence or... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antônio Carlos Gomes (July 11, 1836 - September 16, 1896) is one of the most distinguished nineteenth century classical composers, being the first New World composer whose work was accepted by Europe. ...


The 20th century was received with the exhaustion from lands and the decline from the coffee production. It faced the fall of a new economic focos confided: extensive farming, industrialization and the return to commerce. It has the shelter for education with the installation of the Escola de Especialista de Aeronáutica (lit. School of Specialist of Aeronautics) the campus of UNESP with the Faculdade de Engenharia (lit. College of Engineering) of the Faculdade of Engenharia (FATEC) and the SENAC. Tourism is also the key for the development, with the increase of the devotion Frei Galvão, the visitation to the cave and peregrination to the local church and monasteries. An addition to this, it also has agricultural tourism and of the environment, enriched enough with the beauty of the bushes and the agricultural areas, for Serra do Mar and Serra da Mantiqueira. The inside of the urban perimeter, still has the presence of the colonial houses with its beautiful architecture of the last century. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... This article needs cleanup. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Guarumbi, part of Serra do Mar in the state of Paraná Serra do Mar (Portuguese for Mountain Range of the Sea) is a 1,500 km long system of mountain ranges and escarpments in Southeastern Brazil, which runs in parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast, from the state of Esp...


Data

(Source: Census 2000 - IBGE) IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica), is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. ...


Total population:

  • Urban: 99,162
  • Rural: 5,057
  • Male: 53,324
  • Female: 50,895

External links

(in Portuguese)

  • webpage of Guaratinguetá (http://www.guaratingueta.sp.gov.br)
  • [1] (http://www.cm.gta.sp.gov.br)
  • Faculdade de Engenharia de Guaratinguetá (UNESP) (http://www.feg.unesp.br)
  • Faculdade de Tecnologia de Guaratinguetá (FATEC) (http://www.fatecguaratinguetaaa.edu.br)
  • Organização Guará de Ensino (OGE) (http://www.oge.edu.br)
  • Escola de Especialistas de Aeronáutica (EEAr) (http://www.aer.mil.br)

Infobox

North: Campos do Jordão, Delfim Moreira, Piquete
West: Lorena East: Pindamonhangaba
South: Aparecida, Cunha, Lagoinha


 
 

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