Piracicaba

is a city located in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The population in 2004 was 355,039 on an area of 1,371.8 km², at an elevation of 547 m above sea level. This place name comes from a word in the Tupi language that means "place where the fishes stop." The name is due to the beautiful waterfalls of the Piracicaba river that bisect the city, where the "piracema" (fish swimming upstream to reproduce) or larger fish species such as the dourados can still be observed.