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Guarujá
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Guarujá (; ) is a municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of the Baixada Santista. The population is 311,116 (2022 preliminary census count) in an area of . This place name comes from the Tupi language, and means "narrow path". The population is highly urbanized, forms a 2nd urban core and beachfront island across the river from São Vicente Island, the island (Ilha de Santo Amaro) is coterminous with the municipality, with exception of small offshore isles like Ilha dos Arvoredos.
Guarujá is a municipality located on an island in São Paulo state, Brazil, with a population of about 311,000 people, and is part of the greater Baixada Santista metropolitan region. The highly urbanized city sits across a river from São Vicente Island and serves as a secondary urban center, with its name derived from the Tupi language meaning "narrow path."
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- Guarujá
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- Municipality of Guarujá
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- Municipality
- Settlement.nickname
- Pérola do Atlântico (Pearl of the Atlantic)
- Settlement.motto
- Pro mare nostrum (Ours by the sea)
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- "Pearl of the Atlantic"
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- Bandeira de Guarujá.png
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- Brasão do Guarujá.png
- Settlement.image_map
- SaoPaulo Municip Guaruja.svg
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- Brazil
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- Location in Brazil
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- Location in São Paulo
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
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- Metropolitan Region
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- Baixada Santista
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- guarujaense
- Population
- 210207
- Area
- 142.589
- Elevation
- 4
- Official website
- www.guaruja.sp.gov.br
- Image
- At Guaruja 2018 135.jpg
- Dialing code
- 13
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- Commons category
- Guarujá
- inception
- 1934-06-19
- postal code
- 11400-000
- Commons gallery
- Guarujá
- Human Development Index
- 0.751
- electorate
- 229821
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Guarujá (; ) is a municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of the Baixada Santista. The population is 311,116 (2022 preliminary census count) in an area of . This place name comes from the Tupi language, and means "narrow path". The population is highly urbanized, forms a 2nd urban core and beachfront island across the river from São Vicente Island, the island (Ilha de Santo Amaro) is coterminous with the municipality, with exception of small offshore isles like Ilha dos Arvoredos.
==Toponym== See also: Tupi-Guarani place names in Brazil
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