UBATUBA

Statistics
State:	São Paulo
Metropolitan Regions:	Taubaté (capital)
Founded:	28, October 1637
Area:	712 km²
Population:	76,847 (2004) Ranked 74th
Population density:	107.93hab/km²
Elevation:	3
Postal code:	11680-000
Area/distance code:	(00))55-12
Website:	www.ubatuba.sp.gov.br

'Ubatuba' is a Brazilian city, located on the southeast coast of this country, in the state of São Paulo. The population in 2003 was 76,847, its density was 107.93 hab/km² and the area is 712 km².
Ubatuba is linked with the Rodovia Longitudinal or the BR-101 and is also located east of São Paulo and east/north/east of Santos and west of Rio de Janeiro. The city lies near the Tropic of Capricorn.
The urban area is mainly concentrated with the Atlantic, the valley areas and the urban area, much of the land mainly to the north are forested and mountainous and forms a part of the Serra do Mar mountains. It covers 83% of the land as well as the Serra do Mar State Park and rarely has connecting roads through the mountain range.
A marine park was created under Projeto Tamar (Project Tamar) to protect the sea turtles. It's an important touristic city, receiving tourists from many parts of Brazil. Ubatuba features over 70 beaches, some of these are Maranduba, Lázaro, Itamambuca, Vermelha, Grande, Enseada, Perequê, Saco da Ribeira and many more. Ubatuba also features an island named Anchieta named after José de Anchieta and is also a preserved area as well since March 22nd, 1977.

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History

Population history

Other

External links

History

The origin of the name comes from the Tupi words ''uyba''(arrows or canoes) and ''tuba'' (many). Ubatuba was the place where the Portuguese signed the first treaty of peace of the Americas with the Tupinamba Indians (The Treaty of Peace of Yperoig - Tratado de Paz de Iperoig), a treaty that kept Brazil in Portuguese hands, with only one language and one faith (catholicism). Back in the 16th century the Tupinamba families had been put into slavery by the Portuguese for working in sugar cane plantations along the Southern Shores, in the surroundings of the towns of Saint Vincent and Itanhaém, a region also called at that time as "Morpion" (according to André Thévet - ''"Singularités de la France Antarctique"'').
The Tupinamba answered to this outrage with a powerul confederation - The Tamoio Confederation - that could destroy Saint Vincent also with the help of the French who had founded a colony before the foundation of the City Rio de Janeiro in the Guanabara Bay; a colony called "The Antarctic France" - a refuge for protestants fleeing religion wars in Europe. The "smart" Portuguese, counted on the Jesuits Priests, Fathers Anchieta and Nobrega, who were sent to Ubatuba (a tribe named Yperoig) to make peace with the Tupinamba Indians. Anchieta was kept as a hostage and Nobrega got back to Saint Vincent along with the Chief Cunhambebe to make arrangements for the final Treaty. The Portuguese won, destroying the Antarctic France and keeping the land. If the French had won, the history could have been another one: where the States of Rio and São Paulo are located nowadays, there could be a huge French department or another French speaking country.

Population history

Year	Population	Density
2003	72,857	102.33/km²
2004	76,847	107.93/km²

Other

Ubatuba has schools or a collegiate, high schools, churches, banks and a few parks.

External links

★ Conheça Ubatuba - Tourist guide of Ubatuba - - Sao Paulo - Brazil

★ http://www.ubatuba.sp.gov.br

★ citybrazil.com.br

★ Ubatuba News - News from Ubatuba

★ Complete Guide of Ubatuba

★ Ubatuba on Explorevale

'Northwest:' Natividade da Serra and São Luís do Paraitinga	'North:' Cunha	'Northeast:' Parati, Rio de Janeiro
'West:' Caraguatatuba	'Ubatuba'	'East:' Caraguatatuba and Parati, RJ
'Southwest:' Caraguatatuba	'South:' ''Atlantic Ocean''