BARRETOS

city, north-central So Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies near the Pardo River at 1,713 feet (522 m) above sea level. Known at various times as Amaral dos Barretos, Esprito Santo de Barreto, and Esprito Santo dos Barretos, the settlement was given town status and was made the seat of a municipality in 1885. The site of the state's biggest cattle market, Barretos also serves an agricultural area producing rice and other grains, feijo (beans), cotton, and coffee. Its industries bottle mineral water, process crops, and manufacture shoes, furniture, and other goods. A railroad line and highway connect Barretos with the city of So Paulo some 250 miles (400 km) to the southeast. The city also has an airfield. Pop. (1991 prelim.) 88,925.