Cidade Dutra District, Administrative district and tourist spot in southern São Paulo, Brazil.
Cidade Dutra is a district in the south of São Paulo, within the Capela do Socorro subprefecture, bordering the Billings and Guarapiranga reservoirs. It covers 29.3 km² and contains the Interlagos racetrack and the planned Cidade Satélite de Interlagos, designed by French urbanist Alfred Agache.
The district originated in the 1930s when rural lands were transformed into an organized urban settlement. This process of development continued to grow the population significantly throughout the following decades.
The district's name comes from the Cidade Previdenciária Presidente Dutra, the 437 houses delivered on 1 July 1950 and named after President Eurico Gaspar Dutra. The planned core was built for employees of the Light utility, the gas and telephone companies and the Caixa de Aposentadoria e Pensões, and the original street grid, paving and sewage network from that period still shape the older streets.
Two CPTM train stations, Primavera-Interlagos and Autódromo, connect the district to other parts of the São Paulo metropolitan area. These rail links are the main transportation corridors for moving through and around the district.
The district's name honors Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazil's president from 1946 to 1951. The housing estate built for utility workers was inaugurated on 1 July 1950 as Cidade Previdenciária Presidente Dutra, after 437 of the 500 planned houses were completed; construction had begun on 25 January 1949.
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