Taquaritinga
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Taquaritinga is a city in the Central North area of the State of
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,
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.
Notable people
Taquaritinga was the birthplace of:
- Augusto Nunes (b. 1949): journalist
- Edmílson José Gomes de Morais (b. 1976): footballer, 2002 FIFA World Cupchampion
- José Paulo Paes (b. July 22, 1926 - d. October 9, 1998) was a poet, translator, literary critic and essayist.
- Atlanta United
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