Santos, São Paulo
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Santos (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈsɐ̃tus] ( listen), Saints) is a municipality in the São Paulo state o Brazil, foondit in 1546 bi the Portuguese nobleman Brás Cubas. It is pairtially locatit on the island o São Vicente, whilk harbors baith the ceety o Santos an the ceety o São Vicente, an pairtially on the mainland. It is the main ceety in the metropolitan region o Baixada Santista. In 2006, its population wis estimatit at 418,375 (1,476,820 metro aurie). Santos haes the biggest seaport in Laitin Americae, whilk haundelt ower 72 million tons in 2006. It haes muckle industrial complexes an shippin centers, whilk haundle a muckle portion o the warld's coffee exports, as weel as a feck o ither Brazilian exports includin steel, ile, caurs, oranges, bananas an cotton. The ceety is hame tae the Coffee Museum an aw, whare, ance, coffee prices wur negotiatit. Thare is a fitbaa memorial an aw, dedicatit tae the ceety's greatest players, whilk includes Pelé, wha played for Santos Futebol Clube. Its beachfront gairden, 5.335 mts in lenth, figurs in the Guinness Beuk o Records as the mucklest beachfront gairden in the warld.
Santos | |
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Estância Balneária de Santos | |
frae top, left tae richt: Canal 4, Jardins da orla de Santos, Port of Santos, Bondes de Santos, Museu de Pesca, Litoral de São Paulo, Santos skyline | |
Motto(s): Patriam Charitatem et Libertatem Docui (Latin: Tae the hameland A taucht charity an liberty) | |
Coordinates: 23°56′13.16″S 46°19′30.34″W | |
Kintra | Brazil |
State | São Paulo |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-cooncil |
• Mayor | João Paulo Tavares Papa (PMDB) |
Area | |
• Município | 280.3 km2 (108.2 sq mi) |
• Urban | 803 km2 (310 sq mi) |
Elevation (AMSL) | 2 m (7 ft) |
Population (2006) | |
• Município | 419,757 1,476,820(Baixada Santista) |
• Density | 1494/km2 (3,870/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Santista |
Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
Postal code | 11000-000 |
Area code | +55 (Brazil) 13 (Region) |
Website | www.santos.sp.gov.br |