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KNOWLEDGE OF Boituva
Boituva is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil, on the margins of "Castelo Branco Expressway". Its coordinates are 23°17′00″S, 47°40′20″W. The population in 2003 is 40,129 and the area is 249.63 km² The elevation is 637 m. Its known as the "National Skydive Capital". In Tupi, Boituva means "Many Snakes".
The first inhabitants that formed the settlement called at that time Boituva Fields, began settling herein the late 1700s according to official history.
Some scholars affirm that the pioneers of Boituva arrived by train, the former Sorocabana Railway. Others, however assert that the first inhabitants were ex-workers of the then extinct iron smeltery on Ipanema farm, thus closed, forcing them to acquire neighboring lands.
In the second or third decade Boituva gained fame - and is known until today - as The Land Of Pineapple , since the first culture on a large scale was pineapple. The quality of the fruit was such that it was awarded a gold medal in a national level exposition, realized in São Paulo, thus emerging the Boituvana variety of pineapple.
The political-administrative emancipation of Boituva occurred on the 6th of September of 1937, the date of which is commemorated until now with the celebration known as Boituvana.
The first inhabitants that formed the settlement called at that time Boituva Fields, began settling herein the late 1700s according to official history.
Some scholars affirm that the pioneers of Boituva arrived by train, the former Sorocabana Railway. Others, however assert that the first inhabitants were ex-workers of the then extinct iron smeltery on Ipanema farm, thus closed, forcing them to acquire neighboring lands.
In the second or third decade Boituva gained fame - and is known until today - as The Land Of Pineapple , since the first culture on a large scale was pineapple. The quality of the fruit was such that it was awarded a gold medal in a national level exposition, realized in São Paulo, thus emerging the Boituvana variety of pineapple.
The political-administrative emancipation of Boituva occurred on the 6th of September of 1937, the date of which is commemorated until now with the celebration known as Boituvana.
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