Bebedouro is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are 20°56′58″S, 48°28′45″W. The population in 2003 is 78,433 and the area is 684.43 km² The elevation is 573 m.
The foundation of the city is in May 3th 1884, and its name is because a stream used by cowboys is 19th century for stopping and taking water . The city grew up because coffee crops, and, today, it is famous because its orange crops and orange juice factories.
The municipality contains 3 districts: Bebedouro (the main district), Botafogo (2,000 inhabitants) and TurvÃnea (1,000 inhabitants). There are two more villages: Andes (300 inhabitants) and Area (less than 100 inhabitants).
In Bebedouro, there are 3 hospitals, 11 health centers, advanced shopping stores (including a mall with more than 50 stores), 1 movie theater, 1 theater, two museums (the historical and other with old cars, airplanes and guns, known as “Museu Matarazzo�), 1 cultural center, more than 10 supermarkets (including 3 hipermarkets), two colleges, more than 30 schools, and 7 hotels (4 with good quality). This rich city has a good life quality, and few social problems.
For leisure, there are 4 large parks (Horto, Ecológico, Sinésio Junqueira Franco e Centenário). The most important park is “Parque do Centenário�, located in downtown, with a large lake, squares, sport courts, sport fields, space for walkers, runners, skaters and a “sambódromo� (space for carnival parades). Alongside this park, there are several bars, snack bars, restaurants, dancing clubs and little amusement parks.
There are boulevards linking downtown to the periphery. These boulevards are interlinked by a system with circular avenues. The public transport is summarized in 4 routes. The routes 1 and 2 link the north to the south of the city. The routes 3 and 4 link the west to the east of the city. All routes pass by downtown and by “Anel Norte�, avenue in which the mall and the intercity bus station is located. However, for riding more than 1 bus, it is necessary to pay twice the fare. There are not urban bus terminals, and the route’s itineraries are confusing and inefficient.
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