Birigui

Birigui is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located on the northwest of the state and has 108,728 inhabitants (IBGE/2010) and 530.9 km² of area. Birigui is located 521 km from the city of São Paulo and 11 km from Araçatuba.

History

The city was founded in December 7, 1911, by Nicolau da Silva Nunes. The name Birigüi comes from the Tupi–Guarani language and means "fly that always comes". It refers to the Lutzomyia fly, very common at the area.

Economy

The Tertiary sector corresponds to 71.12% of Birigüi's GDP. The Secondary sector is 27.07% of the GDP and the Primary sector corresponds to 1.8%.

Birigüi is recognized for being the most important center of children's shoes production in Brazil with a production of 57 million pairs in the year of 2006. In the same year it had 159 industries in the children' shoe's segment and their profit was over 800 million reais (R$). Among all these industries there are over 18 thousand workers which consist in 60% of the jobs offered in all the city.