Municipality of Carapicuíba | |
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 Downtown Carapicuíba. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Brazilian capital of selfies | |
 Location in thestate of São Paulo andBrazil | |
  Carapicuíba | |
| Coordinates:23°31′09″S46°50′09″W / 23.51917°S 46.83583°W /-23.51917; -46.83583 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | São Paulo |
| Metropolitan Region | São Paulo |
| Settled | March 26, 1580 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marcos Neves (PV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 34.55 km2 (13.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 403,183 |
| • Density | 11,670/km2 (30,220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.793 –medium[2] |
| Website | Prefeitura Municipal de Carapicuíba |
Carapicuíba (Portuguese pronunciation:[kaɾapikuˈibɐ]) is amunicipality in the state ofSão Paulo in Brazil. It is part of theMetropolitan Region of São Paulo.[3] The population is 403,183 (2020 est.) in an area of 34.55 square kilometres (13.34 sq mi).[4] It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in the state of São Paulo.
Before the first white man arrived, the region which today is Carapicuíba was inhabited by indigenous people. The hamlet was founded byJosé de Anchieta.Afonso Sardinha settled there with his farm with the will touse the indigenous people as a workforce. He then built a chapel. The indigenous people soon reacted to the European occupation, and rushed into the jungle. By the 17th century, it was part of the recently created municipality ofSantana do Parnaíba. Nothing much has changed in the hamlet during this century and most of the 18th century.
From 1770 on, however, the city and its surroundings started to change noticeably, as new villages were settled, likeEmbu andCotia. Houses were built around the main chapel, in which several "entrepreneur" (actually, people who arranged the parties withfolklore-related themes) lived.
Until theSorocabana Railway was implemented, in 1870, little was developed in the village. However, when a station was opened near the section of the tracks that run through the city, many people started to live in the city. During the first half of the 20th century, agriculture started to play a role in the economy of the village, because of the climate and quality of the land. A bus line starting inBarueri, running through Carapicuíba,Osasco and ending inPinheiros was created to take people to São Paulo in alternate itineraries.
In 1948, Carapicuíba became a district ofCotia, when it became independent fromSão Paulo. A year later, it became part ofBarueri, also as a district.
In 1952 the Parish Nossa Senhora Aparecida was built, and is now known as "Igreja Amarela" (Yellow Church), and the city population kept on increasing. The post-war times saw the vertiginous decrease of theprospecting in Minas Gerais, which led a large number of people to go to São Paulo state, a number of them settling in the city.
In the early 1960s, a movement in favor of the independence of Carapicuíba was led by the mayor of Barueri, Carlos Capriotti, and the district earned its city status in March 1965
In 2007-2008, the city gained national attention due to thePaturis Park murders.
According to ProfessorEduardo de Almeida Navarro, titular professor at theFaculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas ofUniversity of São Paulo, the name has a controversial origin and may come from theTupi or thePaulista General Language and may have different significations:
Some people say that it may also come fromQuar-I-Picui-Bae, name given by Indians to a small river delimiting a border between the city withOsasco andCotia.[6]
The border with Barueri is a large plain formed by the side of theRio Tietê. The exploration ofsand in the area was so intensive that a large crater was formed. However, during the 1960s, the government of São Paulo state started a series of works to alter the route of the river, and the destruction of the wall between the river and the crater led to the flooding of it. Now, the place has become an artificial lake called "Lagoa de Carapicuíba" (Carapicuíba Lake). 8 thousand litres of sewage from the central, western and southern portions of the city of São Paulo pass through the lake towards Barueri. The average altitude is 717 meters and the climate is in general ahumid subtropical climate.
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As of 2005, the city has a GDP ofR$1,915,285,000.00 and a GDP per capita of R$5,004[7]
In telecommunications, the city was served byCompanhia Telefônica Brasileira until 1973, when it began to be served byTelecomunicações de São Paulo.[8] In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted theVivo brand in 2012.[9]
The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).[9]
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The city is served by theLine 8 ofSão Paulo commuter rail, having two stations within the area of the municipality and a third one just after the border with Osasco. Three Bus services serve the city:ETT Carapicuíba andDel Rey Transportes, with municipal and inter municipal lines, andViação Osasco, with intermunicipal lines only.
There are no highways crossing Carapicuíba, though theRodoanel Mário Covas marks most of the border with Osasco and provides some accesses to the city, as well as serving as the main connection to the other highways and the city of São Paulo itself. TheRodovia Castelo Branco passes just north of the city, in Barueri. It is also possible to access Carapicuíba from theRodovia Raposo Tavares, which runs just south of it in the city ofCotia, and fromOsasco via the Avenida dos Autonomistas.
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