Registro is a city near the
Atlantic
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coast of
São Paulo
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,
Brazil
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. The population is 56,393 (2020 est.) in an area of 722 km
2. The elevation is 25 m. Registro in
Portuguese means
register
Register or registration may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
* Register (music), the relative "height" or range of a note, melody, part, instrument, etc.
* ''Register'', a 2017 album by Travis Miller
* Registration (organ), ...
, and this name was given to the city because it was the port from which the earlier settlers registered the gold that was leaving on ships from Brazil headed to
Portugal
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.
History
The municipality was created by state law in 1944.
Culture
International Cultural Events
Sushi Festival
Organized by an association of Japanese immigrants called “Associação Cultural Nipo Brasileira de Registro”, this festival offers so many music attractions and typical Japanese cuisine, like as: sushis and sashimis (tuna, salmon and a bunch of local fishes such as “robalo, tainha and manjuba”, the last one is the most famous delicacy, fried-manjuba with cold beer is a good option to enjoy the summer days over there). This festival happens every year on June.
Tooro Nagashi
Since 2009 the “Associação Cultural Nipo-Brasileira de Registro” has been promoting in the beginning of August an event that pays tribute and remembers the World War II consequencies to the Japanese population, trying to take the attention of their youth about how is so important to maintain the state of peace, the culture of peace. Inspired by the atomic bomb victims that were dropped by the United States of America over two Japanese cities, with only 3 days of time space from the first one, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Tooro means lantern of paper and nagashi means taking by the wind.
Media
In telecommunications, the city was served by
Companhia de Telecomunicações do Estado de São Paulo until 1975, when it began to be served by
Telecomunicações de São Paulo.
In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the
Vivo brand in 2012.
The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).
Transportation
Registro is served by
Alberto Bertelli Airport.
Sister city relations
* -
Nakatsugawa, Gifu,
Japan
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, since 1980
Climate
See also
*
List of municipalities in São Paulo
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of São Paulo (SP), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil
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