Place:Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil

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Name
Atibaia
Alternate names
Athibaia     (Family History Library Catalog)
Atibaya     (Family History Library Catalog)
São João de Atibaia     (Family History Library Catalog)
Tibaia     (Family History Library Catalog)
Type
City
Coordinates
23.133°S 46.583°W
Located in
São Paulo, Brazil

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Atibaia (or 'Estância de Atibaia') is a Brazilian city located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The name is derivated from an indigenous language called Tupi, and means "healthy water river". Its name has changed through the time, from the primitive Tupi word Tybaia, to Thibaia, Atubaia, Thibaya, and finally the city's modern name, Atibaia.

Its strawberry crops are one of the most well-known characteristics of the place. These crops are cultivated mainly by Japanese descendants, since the city was a common Japanese immigrant center.

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