Carapicuíba
| Municipality of Carapicuíba | |||
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| Nickname(s): Caracas | |||
| Motto: Carapicuiba | |||
 Location in the state of São Paulo and Brazil |
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| Coordinates: 23°31′09″S 46°50′09″W / 23.51917°S 46.83583°WCoordinates: 23°31′09″S 46°50′09″W / 23.51917°S 46.83583°W | |||
| Country | Brazil | ||
| Region | Southeast | ||
| State | São Paulo | ||
| Metropolitan Region | São Paulo | ||
| Settled | March 26, 1580 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Sérgio Ribeiro (PT) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 34.55 km2 (13.34 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 392,294 | ||
| • Density | 11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) | ||
| HDI (2000) | 0.793 – medium | ||
| Website | Prefeitura Municipal de Carapicuíba | ||
Carapicuíba (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐɾɐpikuˈibɐ]) is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 392,294 (2015 est.) in an area of 34.55 square kilometres (13.34 sq mi). It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in the state of São Paulo.
Before the first white man arrived, the region which today is Carapicuíba was inhabited by indigenous people. The hamlet was founded by José de Anchieta. Afonso Sardinha settled there with his farm with the will to use the indigenous people as a workforce. He then built a chapel. The indigenous people soon reacted to the European occupation, and rushed into the jungle. By the 17th century, it was part of the recently created municipality of Santana do Parnaíba. Nothing much has changed in the hamlet during this century and the most of the 18th one.
From 1770 on, however, the city and its surroundings started to change noticeably, as new villages were settled, like Embu and Cotia. Houses were built around the main chapel, in which several "entrepreneur" (actually, people who arranged the parties with folklore-related themes) lived.
Until the Sorocabana Railway was implemented, in 1870, little was developed in the village. However, when a station was opened near the section of the tracks that run through the city, many people started to live in the city. During the first half of the 20th century, agriculture started to play a role in the economy of the village, because of the climate and quality of the land. A bus line starting in Barueri, running through Carapicuíba, Osasco and ending in Pinheiros was created to take people to São Paulo in alternate itineraries.
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