Angatuba
Angatuba is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. The population is 24,161 in an area of 1028 km². The highway Rodovia Raposo Tavares passes south of the city.
There is controversy about the meaning of the name Angatuba. It is a Tupi-Guarani word for "house of spirits" or "sweet fruit". Angatuba was founded in 1872, under the name Espírito Santo da Boa Vista. It became a town and an independent municipality in 1885, when it was separated from Itapetininga. It was elevated to a city in 1906. The name was changed to Angatuba in 1908. In 1991 Campina do Monte Alegre was separated from Angatuba.
The municipality contains the Angatuba Ecological Station, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1985.
The ecological station is contained within the Angatuba State Forest.
This is a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1965.
