Jaraguá (district of São Paulo)
Jaraguá (means "Grotto of the Lord", "Valley Guard" or Lord of the Valley in Ancient Tupian language) is a district located in the northwest zone of the Brazilian city of São Paulo, which became a district in 1948, in areas divided from Perus, Pirituba and the former sub-district of "Nossa Senhora do Ó". Jaraguá borders the municipalities of Osasco to the west, and Caieiras to the north. Also with the districts of Perus, Anhanguera, Brasilândia, São Domingos and Pirituba.
Jaraguá | |
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Neighborhood of São Paulo | |
Location of Jaraguá in São Paulo | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | São Paulo |
| Municipality | São Paulo |
| Subprefecture | Pirituba Jaraguá |
| Government | |
| • Type | Subprefecture |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.60 km2 (10.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 184,818 |
| • Density | 6,696/km2 (17,340/sq mi) |
| HDI | 0.791 medium |
| Website | Subprefecture of Pirituba Jaraguá |
In 1968, the former Brazilian Telephone Company (CTB) built a small building in the neighborhood to serve as a telephone center. The cost of the telephone line, to be acquired by would-be subscribers through the system of "expansion plans" managed by the Telebrás (a Brazilian state company, responsible for implementing the Public Telecommunications Policies in Brazil.system), however, that were not enough interested parties to start operating the service in the neighborhood. It was only in 1984 that Jaraguá began to have automatic telephone service installed by TELESP (Telecommunications of São Paulo S/A), initially with 4,000 terminals that operated with the prefix 841. Currently, approximately 89,000 terminals are installed in the district's telephone center.
The Railway Station that bears the same name as the neighborhood was built by the São Paulo Railway Company and opened in 1891 under the name of Taipas, at the time known as "Parada de Taipas", being later officially renamed to "Jaraguá" in 1940.
On March 18, 2010, the Jaraguá viaduct was inaugurated completely". Even with many flaws, Mayor Gilberto Kassab inaugurated one of the most backward works in the city of São Paulo.
This viaduct facilitates the crossing of cars, buses, trucks and other transportation vehicles that previously needed to stop at the Jaraguá Station gate and obliged wait for passenger or freight trains to pass, causing traffic and many accidents with pedestrians.
Bill 384/2017, authored by councilor Fábio Riva, which creates the Jaraguá/Taipas Regional City Hall, is pending before the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo.