Registro
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Registro | |
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![]() Location in São Paulo state | |
Coordinates: 24°29′15″S 47°50′37″W / 24.48750°S 47.84361°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast |
State | São Paulo |
Area | |
• Total | 722 km2 (279 sq mi) |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 56,393 |
• Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-03:00 (BRT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-02:00 (BRST) |
Registro is a city near the Atlantic coast of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 56,393 (2020 est.) in an area of 722 km2.[2] The elevation is 25 m. Registro in Portuguese means register, and this name was given to the city because it was the port from which the earlier settlers registered the gold that was leaving on ships from Brazil headed to Portugal.
History
[edit]The municipality was created by state law in 1944.[3]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Carta_Geral_do_Estado_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%281945%29_-_1_%281%29%2C_Acervo_do_Museu_Paulista_da_USP.jpg/220px-Carta_Geral_do_Estado_de_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%281945%29_-_1_%281%29%2C_Acervo_do_Museu_Paulista_da_USP.jpg)
Culture
[edit]International Cultural Events
Sushi Festival
Organized by an association of Japanese immigrants called “Associação Cultural Nipo Brasileira de Registro”, this festival offers so many music attractions and typical Japanese cuisine, like as: sushis and sashimis (tuna, salmon and a bunch of local fishes such as “robalo, tainha and manjuba”, the last one is the most famous delicacy, fried-manjuba with cold beer is a good option to enjoy the summer days over there). This festival happens every year on June.
Tooro Nagashi
Since 2009 the “Associação Cultural Nipo-Brasileira de Registro” has been promoting in the beginning of August an event that pays tribute and remembers the World War II consequencies to the Japanese population, trying to take the attention of their youth about how is so important to maintain the state of peace, the culture of peace. Inspired by the atomic bomb victims that were dropped by the United States of America over two Japanese cities, with only 3 days of time space from the first one, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Tooro means lantern of paper and nagashi means taking by the wind.
Media
[edit]In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia de Telecomunicações do Estado de São Paulo until 1975, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo.[4] In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012.[5]
The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).[5]
Transportation
[edit]Registro is served by Alberto Bertelli Airport.
Sister city relations
[edit]- Nakatsugawa, Gifu, Japan, since 1980
References
[edit]- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
- ^ "Municípios Paulistas". www.al.sp.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Creation of Telesp - April 12, 1973". www.imprensaoficial.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ^ a b "Our History - Telefônica RI". Telefônica. Retrieved 2024-05-26.