Birigui
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Birigui is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located on the northwest of the state and has 124,883 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and 530.9 km2 of area. The name Birigui comes from the Tupi–Guarani language and means "little fly". It refers to the Lutzomyia fly, very common at the area. The city is known for its children's footwear industry.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Birigui
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Birigui
- Settlement.nicknames
- Capital of children's footwearThe Pearl of the Northwest
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Praça Dr. Gama, Birigui SP 2014.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Dr. Gama square
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de Birigüi.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasao-birigui.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- SaoPaulo Municip Birigui.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Birigui
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
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- Location in Brazil
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- Country
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- Region
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- State
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Demonym
- biriguiense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- São Paulo
- Population
- 75125
- Area
- 530.651
- Elevation
- 406
- Shares border with
- Coroados
- Official website
- www.birigui.sp.gov.br
- Image
- Praça Dr. Gama, Birigui SP 2014.jpg
- Dialing code
- 18
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- Commons category
- Birigui
- topic's main category
- Category:Birigui
- Human Development Index
- 0.780
- inception
- 1911-01-01
- electorate
- 77961
- postal code
- 16200-000
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Birigui is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located on the northwest of the state and has 124,883 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and 530.9 km2 of area. The name Birigui comes from the Tupi–Guarani language and means "little fly". It refers to the Lutzomyia fly, very common at the area. The city is known for its children's footwear industry.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birigui” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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