Santos (São Paulo)
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| Motto: Patriam Charitatem et Libertatem Docui (Latin: To the homeland I taught charity and liberty) |
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| Location in the state of São Paulo and Brazil | |||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| Region | Southeast | ||
| State | São Paulo | ||
| Settled | 1546 | ||
| Incorporated | 1839 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | João Paulo Tavares Papa (PMDB) | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 280.3 km² (108.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 2,373 km² (916.2 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) | ||
| Population (2006)[1] | |||
| - City | 418,375 | ||
| - Density | 1,494/km² (3,866/sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 1,476,820 | ||
| - Metro Density | 622.3/km² (1,611.9/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) | ||
| Website: Prefeitura Municipal de Santos | |||
Santos (pronunciation ) is a municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil, founded in 1546 by the Portuguese nobleman Brás Cubas. It is partially located on the island of São Vicente which harbors both the city of Santos and the city of São Vicente, and partially on the mainland. It is the main city in the metropolitan region of Baixada Santista. As of 2006, its population was estimated at 418,375. Santos has the biggest seaport in Latin America, which traded over 72 million tons in 2006; is a significant tourist centre; has large industrial complexes and shipping centres, which handle a large portion of the world's coffee exports; as well as a number of other Brazilian exports including steel, oil, cars, oranges, bananas and cotton. The city also displays the Coffee Museum, where, once, coffee prices were negotiated; and a football memorial, dedicated to the city's greatest players, amongst which is Pelé. Its beach's garden, 5.335 km length, figures in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest beach front garden. Santos is home for the famous football club Santos FC, where Pelé has played.
In 1899, Santos was the point of entry for the bubonic plague into Brazil.[2] In October 2006, light crude oil was discovered off the coast in the Santos basin.[3]
Santos is about 79 km (49 mi) from the metropolis São Paulo, capital of the state São Paulo.
[edit] Sister Cities
- Image:Flag of Japan.svg Shimonoseki
- Image:Flag of Japan.svg Nagasaki
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg Trieste
- Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Coimbra
- Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Funchal
- Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Ansião
- Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Arouca
- Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Ushuaia
- Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Havana
- Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Taizhou
- Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ningbo
- Image:Flag of Romania.svg Constanţa
- Image:Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan
- Image:Flag of Panama.svg Colón
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ de Carvalho R, Serra-Freire N, Linardi P, de Almeida A, da Costa J (2001). "Small rodents fleas from the bubonic plague focus located in the Serra dos Órgãos Mountain Range, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.". Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 96 (5): 603-9. PMID 11500756.
- ^ [2]
[edit] External links
- (Portuguese) Santos' official home page
- Port of Santos
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