Santa Rita do Sapucaí
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Santa Rita do Sapucai is a little town situated in the southeast of the State of Minas Gerais
.
The city is known as the "Electronic valley", since it has plenty of electronic industries, and both a technical school (ETE - Escola Técnica de Eletrônica Francisco Moreira da Costa) and a college (Inatel
- Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações) which hold courses in electronic knowledge. It also has another college - FAI, which has majors in Administration and Informatics.
It has an area of 350,874 kilometers square.
Santa Rita has an old freemasonry fraternity, called Loja Caridade Sul Mineira.
According to last census(2010), it has an estimated population of 37 thousand people.
The town holds the Festa de Santa Rita every year in May, which attracts people to the town.
Carnival
(Carnaval in portuguese) in Santa Rita is also a very celebrated party, traditionally Bloco do Ride and Bloco dos Democraticos are the major street amusers, and for the young adults there is Bloco do Urso, which brings thousands of young people each year to the city in February.
state (MG) in Brazil
. Traditionally, the foundation date of Santa Rita, short name for the city, is considered to be 1825-05-22, when the first mass
was held in the chapel
built on orders of Dona Genoveva Maria Martins da Fonseca, honoring a promise made by her late husband Manoel Jose da Fonseca. The Fonseca family arrived in the region in the early 19th century and is considered the founding family of Santa Rita do Sapucai.
and São Paulo
, in one of Minas Gerais' richest regions.
It dwells between mountains and has a very pleasing weather throughout the year.
started in the local team, Santarritense.
Olavo Bilac Pinto was president of Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
in 1965 and an embassador of Brazil in France from 1966 to 1970.
Former brazilian president Delfim Moreira
(List of Presidents of Brazil), although not being born in Santa Rita, spent most of his life there.
Pedro Rodrigues Filho
, a serial killer
who claims to have made more than 100 victims was killed in Santa Rita at the Rio Sapucai shores.
-growing region, Santa Rita is known for its high technology
industries, being home to one of Brazil's foremost electronic, telecommunications and computer
engineering colleges, INATEL http://www.inatel.br - Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, which was founded in 1965.
As to the Escola Técnica de Eletrônica "Francisco Moreira da Costa" http://www.ete.g12.br/, the first electronic technical school of Latin América, it was founded in 1959 by lady Sinha Moreira. The city possesses today more than 110 companies of technological bases.
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
.
The city is known as the "Electronic valley", since it has plenty of electronic industries, and both a technical school (ETE - Escola Técnica de Eletrônica Francisco Moreira da Costa) and a college (Inatel
Inatel
Inatel is short for Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, the National Institute of Communications of Brazil. The Institute is located on a 75,000 m2 campus in Santa Rita do Sapucaí in southern Minas Gerais...
- Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações) which hold courses in electronic knowledge. It also has another college - FAI, which has majors in Administration and Informatics.
It has an area of 350,874 kilometers square.
Santa Rita has an old freemasonry fraternity, called Loja Caridade Sul Mineira.
According to last census(2010), it has an estimated population of 37 thousand people.
The town holds the Festa de Santa Rita every year in May, which attracts people to the town.
Carnival
Carnival
Carnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
(Carnaval in portuguese) in Santa Rita is also a very celebrated party, traditionally Bloco do Ride and Bloco dos Democraticos are the major street amusers, and for the young adults there is Bloco do Urso, which brings thousands of young people each year to the city in February.
History
Santa Rita do Sapucaí is a small town in the southern region of Minas GeraisMinas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
state (MG) in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Traditionally, the foundation date of Santa Rita, short name for the city, is considered to be 1825-05-22, when the first mass
Mass (liturgy)
"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
was held in the chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
built on orders of Dona Genoveva Maria Martins da Fonseca, honoring a promise made by her late husband Manoel Jose da Fonseca. The Fonseca family arrived in the region in the early 19th century and is considered the founding family of Santa Rita do Sapucai.
Location
Santa Rita is located in a privileged site, a few hundred kilometers away from the states of Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
and 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...
, in one of Minas Gerais' richest regions.
It dwells between mountains and has a very pleasing weather throughout the year.
Famous People
Famous soccer player Roque Júnior, which was in the Brazil's world champions squad of 2002, was born in Santa Rita. He alsostarted in the local team, Santarritense.
Olavo Bilac Pinto was president of Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
The Chamber of Deputies of Brazil is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. As of 2006, the chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms...
in 1965 and an embassador of Brazil in France from 1966 to 1970.
Former brazilian president Delfim Moreira
Delfim Moreira
Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro was a Brazilian politician. He was born in Minas Gerais state, and was elected vice-president in 1918. He assumed the presidency on November 15, 1918, due to the illness and death of former and now elect president Rodrigues Alves. However, Moreira suffered from...
(List of Presidents of Brazil), although not being born in Santa Rita, spent most of his life there.
Pedro Rodrigues Filho
Pedro Rodrigues Filho
Pedro Rodrigues Filho is a Brazilian serial killer. Nicknamed Pedrinho Matador and arrested in 1973, in 2003 he was convicted of murdering at least 71 people and sentenced to 128 years in prison.He has claimed over 100 victims, 47 of them prison inmates; he killed for "personal pleasure"...
, a serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
who claims to have made more than 100 victims was killed in Santa Rita at the Rio Sapucai shores.
Economy
Although located in a rich coffeeCoffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
-growing region, Santa Rita is known for its high technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
industries, being home to one of Brazil's foremost electronic, telecommunications and computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
engineering colleges, INATEL http://www.inatel.br - Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, which was founded in 1965.
As to the Escola Técnica de Eletrônica "Francisco Moreira da Costa" http://www.ete.g12.br/, the first electronic technical school of Latin América, it was founded in 1959 by lady Sinha Moreira. The city possesses today more than 110 companies of technological bases.