Leme, São Paulo
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Leme is a municipality in the state of
Geography
Leme has an area of about 403.1 square kilometers, located in the mid-east of São Paulo state, at about 190 kilometers (118 miles) of São Paulo. Placed in the Moji-Guaçu River's drainage basin, Leme has an annual average of about 22 °C (71.6 °F), a dry weather during winter and rainy during summer.
Its average altitude is 619 meters above sea level (2030.8 ft). The relief is lightly wavy in the urban area and in most of rural area, which makes the urban expansion and the agricultural cultivation easier, as well as the transport by bicycle (cheap and non-polluting). This kind of transport is very common in Leme.
Hydrography
Main streams of Leme:
- Moji-Guaçu River
- Capetinga River
- do Roque Creek
- do Meio Creek
- Constantino Creek
- Batinga Creek
- Serelepe Creek
Economy
The agriculture in Leme has as major crops:
The
The commerce and services sector at Leme is increasing. Units of many national and some international chain stores are present in the municipality.
Education
Leme has a primary and secondary education system composed by public and private institutions, including a state technical school called ETEC "Salim Sedeh", providing technical courses of management, pharmacy, multimedia, systems development and others. Higher education institutes are also present in Leme. The city has a unit of Universidade Anhanguera and the Universidade Virtual do Estado de São Paulo.
Transportation
- Public urban transportation composed by bus lines connecting downtown to urban and rural neighborhoods
- Bus station "José Antunes Filho" (in Portuguese: Rodoviária de Leme), connecting Leme to other cities of the State of São Paulo and other Brazilian states.
- Aerodrome "Yolanda Penteado"
Highways
- Rodovia Anhangüera (SP-330): a highway that connects the city of São Paulo to many other cities of the State of São Paulo, going through Leme.
Main attractions and events
- 12 Chapels Cycling Circuit (in Portuguese: Circuito das 12 Capelas)
- Path of Faith (in Portuguese: Caminho da Fé)
- City Park "Dr. Enni Jorge Draib" (City Lake)
- Ecological Park "Mourão"
- Water Memorial "Prefeito Ricardo Landgraf"
- Manoel Leme Square (in Portuguese: Praça Manoel Leme) and the old Train Station of Leme
- Historical Museum of Leme
- São Manoel Sanctuary Diocese (in Portuguese: Santuário Diocesano de São Manoel)
- Rui Barbosa Square (in Portuguese: Praça Rui Barbosa)
- Bruno Lazzarini Stadium
Every year Leme hosts the "Festa do Peão de Leme", a large festival with
Sports
The Bruno Lazzarini Stadium is a football stadium that hosts the games of Lemense FC. Moreover, Leme has some others football pitches, courts, gymnasiums and recreational spaces used by the population.
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (PDF). 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
2019 Estimates of Population
- ^ "Brazilian digital city boundaries". IBGE. 2001.
- ^ "Data from the IBGE 2000 census of Brazil". IBGE. 2000.[permanent dead link]