Taubaté

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Taubaté is a medium-sized city in the state of São Paulo, in Paraíba Valley southeastern Brazil. The city that was established in the early 17th century, by Jacques Félixis, is home for an estimated population of 250,000 people, living between São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro.

Taubaté was part of the ancient Tupinambá Territory, along the Paraíba do Sul River. The Tupinambá 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 Paraíba 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 high village (taba ybaté).

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