Canitar

Canitar is a municipality in the SW part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It used to be a district or borough of the city of Chavantes. In 1991, Canitar was promoted to the status of "cidade" --city. Like Chavantes, Canitar belongs to the comarca of Ourinhos, its neighboring city and seat of the comarca to the West. Canitar also has borders with Chavantes to the North, East & South. The Raposo Tavares state road separates Canitar from Irape', a district in Chavantes and one of the oldest settlements in the region. The economy is based on agriculture, particularly sugar cane plantations of the Sao Luis processing plant in Ourinhos, one of the major cities in the Paranapanema river valley area.