Tupã | |
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Municipality of Tupã | |
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Coordinates: 21°56′5″S 50°30′49″W / 21.93472°S 50.51361°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast |
State | São Paulo |
Founded | 12 October 1929 |
Area | |
• Total | 628 km2 (242 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 65,570 |
• Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-03:00 (BRT) |
HDI (2010) | 0.771 – high[2] |
Website | tupa |
Tupã is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 65,570 (2020 est.) in an area of 628 km².[3] The city is located in the Alta Paulista Region and it is located 530 km (329.32 sq mi) from capital São Paulo. It was founded on October 12, 1929 by Luiz de Souza Leão a business man that chose the region that were tropical forest. The city is located between 2 rivers: Aguapeí River and Rio do Peixe.
The city is named after a god of thunder in the Guaraní mythology.
References
- ↑ IBGE 2020
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "IBGE - Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
External links
- (in Portuguese) Tupã City Hall Website
- (in Portuguese) Tourism Information (provided by the City Hall)
- (in Portuguese) Satellite image of Tupã on Google Maps
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