| Taubaté | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Taubaté |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Nickname: | Capital Nacional da Literatura Infantil |
| Motto: | Per aspera pro Brasilia "All sacrifice for Brazil" |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | José Antônio Saud (MDB, 2021 – 2024) |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Area Total Km2: | 625.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 320,820 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | BRT |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | -23.025°N -45.5556°W |
| Area Code: | +55 12 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 12000-000 |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
| Blank Info: | 0.800 – very high[2] |
Taubaté is a medium-sized city in the state of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil.
Taubaté was part of the ancient Tupinamba Territory, along the Paraiba do Sul River. The Tupinamba Territory in the 16th century, stretched from the Juqueriquerê River on the shores of Caraguatatuba to the Cape of Saint Thomas (Cabo de São Tomé) in the State of Rio de Janeiro. The first village was created in 1640 being proclaimed as an autonomous locality on December 5, 1645, by a pioneer named Jacques Felix. It was the first location in the Vale do Paraiba region to obtain autonomy. The locality got its current city status in 1842, by which time it was a coffee production center. It hosted Taubaté's Agreement in 1906. In 1908 the city was made the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Taubaté. In 1900 it was the largest city in the interior of São Paulo.
The county name comes from the Guarani language and means village (taba) high (ybaté).
Its strategic location between the two most important Brazilian cities (São Paulo 123km (76miles) away, and Rio de Janeiro 280km (170miles) away), connected to both by the Presidente Dutra Highway, between high, cold mountains and the Atlantic Ocean has helped the development of the city. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.[3] The population is 317,915 (2020 est.) in an area of 625km2.[4] The city has become an industrial center, seating branches of several companies, including Volkswagen, Alstom, LG, Embraer, among many others.
A traditional city in São Paulo state, it played an important role in the historical and economic development of the country. In the gold cycle was radiating center of bandeirismo discovering gold in Minas Gerais, founding several cities. In the Second Empire, during the coffee boom of the Paraíba Valley, has emerged as the largest municipality in the state production area, hosting the Taubaté Convention in 1906.[5] The municipality contains part of the Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraiba do Sul river.
The climate is classified as a humid subtropical climate, under the Köppen climate classification with the average annual temperature around 69F, with a maximum of 19C and a minimum of 50F, with average humidity of 60% and the annual rainfalls of 550NaN0, the extremes temperatures recorded on the city are 33F and 37.81NaN1, there is also an unofficial record of -19.81NaN1.
Male: 120.288; Female: 123.819; Urban: 229.810; Rural: 14.297 (Source: Censo 2000 - IBGE)
Taubaté is also a university city. The University of Taubaté, UNITAU, is a municipal institution of higher learning run by the state, but also by the private initiative. UNITAU is not free. It has schools of medicine, law, dentistry, engineering, and Business Management, and a Department of Architecture.
Monteiro Lobato, an important Portuguese-language writer of children's literature, was born in TaubatéUnsurprisingly, in 06/01/10 Taubaté was granted, by the Chamber of Deputies, the title of National Capital of Children's literature.[6]
Amacio Mazzaropi, a pioneer in the movie industry was the son of Italian immigrants.
Esporte Clube Taubaté is a football club based in the city. The main competition played by the club is the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second level of the São Paulo state professional football championship.
Taubaté has been ranked by the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) the 21st out of 645 cities in the state in terms of quality of life (such as safety, public schools, medical and dental care, public transport, low air pollution, sewers and piped water reaching all houses).
Taubaté is twinned with:
