Ibiúna
Ibiúna is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 79,479 in an area of 1058.08 km2. The elevation is 860 m.
Geography
Located in the middle of a valley, its main economical activity/resources are provided from agriculture and the city has been recently turned to a tourist city a few years ago. The whole Ibiuna territory encompasses rainforests, bushes, and hundreds of kilometers of native vegetation and wildlife.The municipality contains part of the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area, created in 1984.
It also contains part of the Jurupará State Park, created in 1992.
People
The population is mostly situated outside the metropolitan area and is a mix of Portuguese Colonialists descendants, Italians, Germans and Africans — as mostly any part of the country, Ibiuna is a mix of races and cultures. Once a year, the city held the famous "São Sebastian festival" party celebrated for nearly a century to reaffirm the faith of town's divine intervention by St. Sebastian during a Spanish influenza epidemic.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 and television.