Birigüi is a city in the state of São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

, Brazil

Brazil

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. The city is located on the northwest of the state and has 108,728 inhabitants (IBGE

IBGE

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...

/2010) and 530.9 km² of area. Birigüi is located 521 km from the city of São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

 and 11 km from Araçatuba

Araçatuba

Araçatuba is a city located in the northwest of São Paulo state, Brazil. The city has 181.579 inhabitants and 1,167.4 km² of area. The city name comes from the Tupi language and means "abundance of araçá "...

.

History

The city was founded in December 7, 1911, by Nicolau da Silva Nunes.
The name Birigüi comes from the Tupi–Guarani language and means "fly that always comes". It refers to the Lutzomyia

Lutzomyia

Lutzomyia is a genus of "sand flies" in the Psychodidae subfamily Phlebotominae and in the order Diptera. In the New World, Lutzomyia sand flies are responsible for the transmission of leishmaniasis, an important parasitic disease and Carrion's disease. Leishmaniasis is generally transmitted in...

 fly, very common at the area.

Economy

The Tertiary sector corresponds to 71.12% of Birigüi's GDP. The Secondary sector is 27.07% of the GDP and the Primary sector corresponds to 1.8%.

Birigüi is recognized for being the most important center of children's shoes production in Brazil with a production of 57 million pairs in the year of 2006. In the same year it had 159 industries in the children' shoe's segment and their profit was over 800 million reais (R$). Among all these industries there are over 18 thousand workers which consist in 60% of the jobs offered in all the city.

Weather

According to Köppen climate classification

Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...

 Birigüi has a humid subtropical climate

Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a climate zone characterized by hot, humid summers and mild to cool winters...

. Highest 36°C and Lowest 4°C.

Hydrography

Rivers: Tietê

Tietê River

The Tietê River is a Brazilian river in the state of São Paulo.The source is in Salesópolis in the Serra do Mar, at 1,120 m altitude...

, Baixotes, Grande, Tabapuã, Ribeirão Baguaçu, Da Colônia, Do Imbé, Barro Preto, Água Branca

Demography

• Population: 108.728 inhabitants (IBGE
  IBGE
  The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...
  
  /2010)
• Demographic density (inhab./km²): 204.79

• Infantile mortality until 1 year old(in each thousand children): 9,64
• Life expectancy (years old): 74,96
• Fecundity rate (children by woman): 2,01
• Human development index (HDI): 0,829
  • HDI Income: 0,761
  • HDI Longevity: 0,833
  • HDI Education: 0,893

(Source: IPEADATA)

Ethnography

• Colour/race Percentage
• White 78,0%
• Black 1,8%
• Brown 18,8%
• Yellow 1,1%
• Amerindian 0,2%

Education

The city has 10 day-nurseries, 21 EMEI (Municipal School of Infantile Education), 11 EMEFs (Municipal School of Basic Education), 5 State Schools of Basic Education, 7 State High Schools, 5 private High Schools and 3 universities.

Sports

Soccer and biribol

Biribol

Biribol is the name of a sport, which resembles an aquatic variation of Volleyball. It has originated in Brazil, in the city of Birigüi, in the 60's by Prof. Dario Miguel Pedro. It showed up as a group game and as an alternative to the practice and the learning of swimming...

, an aquatic version of volleybal are the most popular sports in the city. The soccer team, Bandeirante Esporte Clube

Bandeirante Esporte Clube

Bandeirante Esporte Clube, commonly known as Bandeirante, is a Brazilian football club based in Birigüi, São Paulo state.-History:The club was founded on March 11, 1923...

, was founded on March 11, 1923 and its first president was José Troncoso, who currently names a street in the city. In 1987 the team played professionally in the Premier League of Campeonato Paulista (a championship in the state of São Paulo)

Biribol

Biribol

Biribol is the name of a sport, which resembles an aquatic variation of Volleyball. It has originated in Brazil, in the city of Birigüi, in the 60's by Prof. Dario Miguel Pedro. It showed up as a group game and as an alternative to the practice and the learning of swimming...

 was invented in the city by the Teacher Dario Miguel Pedro.

Transportation

• SP-300 Rodovia Marechal Cândido Rondon
• SP-461
  SP-461
  SP-461 is a state highway in the state of São Paulo in Brazil....
  
  Rodovia Gabriel Melhado
• Estrada BIGI-458
• Estrada José Gusman

External links

• http://www.birigui.sp.gov.br/ Prefecture of Birigüi
• Birigüi's Municipal Chamber
• Birigüi on WikiMapia
• Birigüi WikiTravel