Taquaritinga is a city in the Central North area of the State of São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

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, Brazil

Brazil

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. It has around 54,000 inhabitants (2000), more than 90% of them living in the urban area.

The population is formed basically by Europe

Europe

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an descendants (Italians

Italy

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, Spaniards

Spain

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, and Portuguese

Portugal

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). Afro-Brazilian

Afro-Brazilian

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s, and Japanese-Brazilians are important minority groups.

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

São Paulo State Technological College

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, is a public one with courses on technology.

Clube Atlético Taquaritinga

Clube Atlético Taquaritinga

Clube Atlético Taquaritinga, commonly known as Taquaritinga, is a Brazilian football club based in Taquaritinga, São Paulo state.-History:...

, founded in 1942, is the football

Football (soccer)

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 club of the city. The club plays its home matches at Estádio Adail N. da Silva

Taquarão

Estádio Municipal Adail Nunes da Silva, usually known by its nickname Taquarão, is a multi-use stadium in Taquaritinga, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 18,805 people. It was built in 1983....

, which has a maximum capacity of approximately 20,000 people.

Notable people

Taquaritinga was the birthplace of:

• Augusto Nunes (b. 1949): Journalist
• Edmílson (b. 1976): Footballer, 2002 FIFA World Cup
  2002 FIFA World Cup
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  champion