Taquaritinga

Taquaritinga is a city in the Central North area of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 57,364 (2020 est.) in an area of . The population is formed mostly by European descendants (Italians, Spaniards, and Portuguese). Afro-Brazilians and Japanese-Brazilians are important minority groups.

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Settlement.official_name: Taquaritinga
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_shield: Brasao_taq.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira_taquaritinga.jpg
Settlement.image_skyline: Cidade_de_Taquaritinga_vista_da_Rodovia_SP-333._Em_destaque_a_Igreja_Matriz_de_São_Sebastião._Os_padres_Agustianos_iniciaram_a_construção_da_igreja_em_1930_e_ao_fundo_a_Serra_do_Jaboticabal._-_panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_map: SaoPaulo Municip Taquaritinga.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in São Paulo state
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Southeast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name2: São Paulo
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Mesoregion
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Microregion
Settlement.subdivision_type5: Metrop. region

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Instance of: municipality of Brazil
Demonym: taquaritinguense
Country: Brazil
Located in: São Paulo
Population: 46922
Area: 594.224
Elevation: 526
Shares border with: Santa Ernestina
Official website: www.taquaritinga.sp.gov.br
Image: Cidade de Taquaritinga vista da Rodovia SP-333. Em destaque a Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião. Os padres Agustianos iniciaram a construção da igreja em 1930 e ao fundo a Serra do Jaboticabal. - panoramio.jpg
Dialing code: 16

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postal code: 15900-000
Commons category: Taquaritinga
topic's main category: Category:Taquaritinga
Human Development Index: 0.890
electorate: 34557

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The climate is tropical of altitude with dry mild winter and hot rainy summer. The economy of the city is based in agrobusiness (sugarcane, orange, lemon, and fruits) and services. The city has an old and regionally famous music school (Conservatório Santa Cecília), an ETEC (Technical School), and three colleges. The most important of them, FATEC, is a public one with courses on technology. Clube Atlético Taquaritinga, founded in 1942, is the football club of the city. The club plays its home matches at Estádio Adail N. da Silva, which has a maximum capacity of approximately 20,000 people.

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