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Sorocaba

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Sorocaba is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. [1]

104 relations: Agricultural machinery, American Civil War, Anyang, Gyeonggi, Argentina, Automotive industry, Aziz Ab'Sáber, Azul Brazilian Airlines, Baltasar Fernandes, Barcelona, Bolivia, Brazil, Brazilian Labour Party (current), Campinas, Carbonatite, Cellulose, Cement, Chemical industry, Chichester, China, City, Cretaceous, Cruzeiro do Sul (newspaper), Daylight saving time in Brazil, Electronics, England, Faculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba, Faculty of Medicine of Sorocaba, Federal University of São Carlos, Ferrous metallurgy, Granite, Greater São Paulo, Gross domestic product, Historic Center (Salvador), Ipanema Hill, Ironworks, João Donizeti Silvestre, Köppen climate classification, Latin America, Law School of Sorocaba, Machine (mechanical), Magnetite, Manchester, Mercosur, Mesozoic, Metallurgy, Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba, Minas Gerais, Municipalities of Brazil, Nanchang, Neoproterozoic, ..., Order of Attorneys of Brazil, Order of Saint Benedict, Paper, Paraná Basin, Paris, Petrochemistry, Pharmaceutics, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Port of Santos, Portuguese Empire, Postal code, RFFSA, Ribeirão Preto, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio Grande do Sul, Rodovia Castelo Branco, Rodovia Raposo Tavares, Rodovia Santos Dumont, Rodovia Sen. José Ermírio de Moraes, Royal Ironworks of St John, Ipanema, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, São Paulo (state), São Paulo State University, SENAI, Sister city, Sorocaba Airport, Sorocaba River, South America, South Korea, Southeast Region, Brazil, SP-264, SP-354, SP-79, SP-97, States of Brazil, Steelmaking, Telecommunication, Telegraphy, Telephone numbering plan, Textile, Tietê River, Time in Brazil, Tool, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropical climate, United Kingdom, Urbanization, Viracopos International Airport, Volcano, Wuxi, YMCA, Zoo. Expand index (54 more) »

Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery is machinery used in farming or other agriculture.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Anyang, Gyeonggi

Anyang is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Automotive industry

The automotive industry is a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles, some of them are called automakers.

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Aziz Ab'Sáber

Aziz Nacib Ab'Sáber (October 24, 1924 – March 16, 2012) was an environmentalist and one of Brazil´s most respected scientists, honored with the highest awards of Brazilian science in geography, geology, ecology and archaeology.

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Azul Brazilian Airlines

Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S/A (Azul Brazilian Airlines; or simply Azul) is a Brazilian carrier based in Barueri, a suburb of São Paulo.

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Baltasar Fernandes

Captain Baltasar Fernandes (also spelled Baltazar or Balthazar) (c. 1580 - c. 1667) was a Portuguese colonist of Brazil who led the expeditions called Bandeirantes into the interior seeking gold, silver, and iron.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city in Spain.

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Bolivia

Bolivia (Mborivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Brazilian Labour Party (current)

The Brazilian Labour Party (Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, PTB) is a political party in Brazil founded in 1981 by Ivete Vargas, niece of President Getúlio Vargas.

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Campinas

Campinas (Plains or Meadows) is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region.

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Carbonatite

Carbonatite is a type of intrusive or extrusive igneous rock defined by mineralogic composition consisting of greater than 50% carbonate minerals.

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Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.

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Cement

A cement is a binder, a substance used for construction that sets, hardens and adheres to other materials, binding them together.

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Chemical industry

The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals.

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Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, in South-East England.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.

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Cruzeiro do Sul (newspaper)

Cruzeiro do Sul is the largest newspaper in Sorocaba city, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Daylight saving time in Brazil

Daylight saving time (DST) in Brazil (called horário de verão — "summer time" — in Portuguese) starts on the first Sunday of November (beginning in 2018) and ends on the third Sunday of February, with an average duration of 15 weeks.

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Electronics

Electronics is the discipline dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Faculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba

Faculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba (FACENS) The Sorocaba Engineering School (FACENS) is the first higher education institution of the sector founded in Sorocaba.

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Faculty of Medicine of Sorocaba

The College of Medicine of Sorocaba is the original name of the School of Medical Sciences and Health (FCMS) of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, which is the unit of PUC-SP dedicated to teaching and research in health.

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Federal University of São Carlos

The Federal University of São Carlos (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar) is a public research university located in São Carlos, state of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Ferrous metallurgy

Ferrous metallurgy is the metallurgy of iron and its alloys.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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Greater São Paulo

The Greater São Paulo (Grande São Paulo) is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil.

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Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time.

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Historic Center (Salvador)

The Historic Center (US) or Centre (UK; Centro Histórico) of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, also known as the Pelourinho (Portuguese for "Pillory") or Pelo, is a historic neighborhood in western Salvador, Bahia.

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Ipanema Hill

The Ipanema Hill (Morro de Ipanema in Portuguese), "also known as Araçoiaba Ridge or "Serra de Araçoiaba", is a prominent and isolated topographic elevation in area about 5069 ha, located in the region of Sorocaba, state of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Ironworks

An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made.

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João Donizeti Silvestre

João Donizeti Silvestre (born July 11, 1961) is a Brazilian of Spanish descent businessman, historian, biologist and politician who served as a Alderman of Sorocaba, Brazil.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Latin America

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.

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Law School of Sorocaba

The Faculty of Law of Sorocaba is a law school in the state of Sao Paulo and Brazil is in Sorocaba.

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Machine (mechanical)

Machines employ power to achieve desired forces and movement (motion).

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Magnetite

Magnetite is a rock mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula Fe3O4.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Mercosur

Mercosur (also known as Mercosul or Ñemby Ñemuha) is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994.

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Mesozoic

The Mesozoic Era is an interval of geological time from about.

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Metallurgy

Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys.

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Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba

The Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba (Região Metropolitana de Sorocaba) is an administrative division of the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is a state in the north of Southeastern Brazil.

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Municipalities of Brazil

The municipalities of Brazil (Municípios do Brasil) are administrative divisions of the Brazilian states.

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Nanchang

Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China.

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Neoproterozoic

The Neoproterozoic Era is the unit of geologic time from.

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Order of Attorneys of Brazil

The Order of Attorneys of Brazil (Portuguese: Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil) is the Brazilian Bar Association, founded in 1930.

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Order of Saint Benedict

The Order of Saint Benedict (OSB; Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti), also known as the Black Monksin reference to the colour of its members' habitsis a Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Paper

Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.

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Paraná Basin

The Paraná Basin (Bacia do Paraná, Cuenca Paraná) is a large cratonic sedimentary basin situated in the central-eastern part of South America.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Petrochemistry

Petrochemistry is a branch of chemistry that studies the transformation of crude oil (petroleum) and natural gas into useful products or raw materials.

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Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) or old drugs into a medication to be used safely and effectively by patients.

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Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

The Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, PUC-SP), locally known as PUC or the Catholic University (Universidade Católica), is a private and non-profit Catholic university.

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Port of Santos

The Port of Santos (in Portuguese: Porto de Santos) is located in the city of Santos, state of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Portuguese Empire

The Portuguese Empire (Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português) or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (Império Colonial Português), was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in world history and the first colonial empire of the Renaissance.

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Postal code

A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, Eircode, PIN Code or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.

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RFFSA

The Rede Ferroviária Federal, Sociedade Anônima (RFFSA) (Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A., Federal Railroad Network) was the state owned national railway company of Brazil created from Brazilian Federal Law #3.115 on March 16, 1957, after several railroads were nationalized by the Brazilian government.

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Ribeirão Preto

Ribeirão Preto is a municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (River of January), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas.

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Rio de Janeiro (state)

Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil.

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Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul (lit. Great Southern River) is a state located in the southern region of Brazil.

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Rodovia Castelo Branco

Rodovia Presidente Castelo Branco (SP-280) is a tollway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Rodovia Raposo Tavares

Rodovia Raposo Tavares (official designation SP-270) is the longest highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with 654 km.

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Rodovia Santos Dumont

Rodovia Santos Dumont (officially designated SP-075) is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Rodovia Sen. José Ermírio de Moraes

The Rodovia Senador José Ermírio de Moraes or SP-75 is a highway in the southeastern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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Royal Ironworks of St John, Ipanema

The Royal Ironworks of St John, Ipanema (Portuguese: A Real Fábrica de Ferro São João do Ipanema, ou Fundição Ipanema) was the first ironworks (or foundry) to be continuously operated in Brazil.

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São José dos Campos

São José dos Campos (meaning Saint Joseph of the Fields) is a major city and the seat of the municipality of the same name in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

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São Paulo

São Paulo is a municipality in the southeast region of Brazil.

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São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus.

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São Paulo State University

São Paulo State University (Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", UNESP) is one of the six public universities of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, with USP, FATEC, UNICAMP, UFABC, UNIFESP and UFSCar.

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SENAI

Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (SENAI), Portuguese language for National Service for Industrial Training is a network of not-for-profit secondary level professional schools established and maintained by the Brazilian Confederation of Industry (a patronal syndicate).

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Sorocaba Airport

Bertram Luiz Leupolz–Sorocaba Airport is the airport serving Sorocaba, Brazil.

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Sorocaba River

The Sorocaba River (Portuguese, Rio Sorocaba) is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Southeast Region, Brazil

The Southeast Region of Brazil (Região Sudeste do Brasil) is composed by the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

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SP-264

SP-264 is a state highway in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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SP-354

SP-354 is a state highway in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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SP-79

The SP-79 is a highway in the southeastern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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SP-97

SP-97 is a state highway in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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States of Brazil

The Federative Republic of Brazil is a union of 27 Federative Units (Unidades Federativas, UF): 26 states (estados) and one federal district (distrito federal), where the federal capital, Brasília, is located.

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Steelmaking

Steelmaking is the process for producing steel from iron ore and scrap.

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Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of signs, signals, messages, words, writings, images and sounds or information of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.

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Telegraphy

Telegraphy (from Greek: τῆλε têle, "at a distance" and γράφειν gráphein, "to write") is the long-distance transmission of textual or symbolic (as opposed to verbal or audio) messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message.

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Telephone numbering plan

A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints.

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Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).

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Tietê River

The Tietê River (Portuguese, Rio Tietê) is a Brazilian river in the state of São Paulo.

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Time in Brazil

In use from 21 February 2016, to 16 October 2016.

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Tool

A tool is any physical item that can be used to achieve a goal, especially if the item is not consumed in the process.

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Tropic of Capricorn

The Tropic of Capricorn (or the Southern Tropic) is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point on the December (or southern) solstice.

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Tropical climate

A tropical climate in the Köppen climate classification is a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures of at least.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Urbanization

Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban residency, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas, and the ways in which each society adapts to this change.

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Viracopos International Airport

Viracopos/Campinas International Airport (sometimes referred to as São Paulo/Campinas) is an international airport serving Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Wuxi

Wuxi is a city in southern Jiangsu province, China.

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YMCA

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), often simply called the Y, is a worldwide organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 58 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations.

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Zoo

A zoo (short for zoological garden or zoological park and also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which all animals are housed within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorocaba

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