Barretos

Barretos

Barretos is a city and a microregion (see Barretos (microregion)) in the northern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It has approximately 108,236 inhabitants and the area is 1,568.3 km². The elevation is 530 m. The municipality is bounded with Frutal in the north.

Barretos is linked with rail and is connected by state highways as well as an old road and a superhighway southwest with three interchanges linking Frutal and Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul as well as a highway to the west linking north to Frutal and a highway linking Curitiba and Goiânia and also to Brasília via Frutal. A mixture of farmlands and hills covered with forests dominate the rest of the countryside. The reservoir that supplies water and electricity as well as flood control lies to the north.

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barretos.

People

*Senhor Mastrelo, an engineer contractor who planned the city of Jaborandi.

Events

It holds the most famous rodeo festival in the country, the Festa do Peão de Boiadeiro.

Other

Sales has a school or a collegiate, a middle school, churches and a square.

porting Clubs

*Barretos EC - a football club that is presently in the Campeonato Paulista third division (Serie A3)

External links

* http://www.barretos.sp.gov.br
* http://www.citybrazil.com.br/sp/barretos/
* http://www.independentes.com.br


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