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Praia Grande

municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil

Key facts

Country: Brazil
Region: Southeast
State: São Paulo
Mayor: Alberto Pereira Mourão (PSDB)
Total: 149.25 km (57.63 sq mi)
Elevation: 3 m (9.8 ft)
Density: 1,781/km (4,610/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC-3 ( BRT )
Summer dst: UTC-2 ( BRST )
Postal code: 11700-000
Area code: +55 13
Hdi 2016: 0.785 – high
Website: Praia Grande

Article

Praia Grande is a municipality in the Baixada Santista Metropolitan Region, on the southern coast of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is part of the Immediate Region of Santos and its population measured in the IBGE census review in 2010 was 262,051 inhabitants. In the 2022 IBGE census, the population of Praia Grande was 349,935 inhabitants, being the city in Baixada Santista that grew the most in the period 2010–2022. It is the second most populous city on the coast of São Paulo, after only Santos. With an area of 149.652 km², the population density in 2022 was 2,338.32 inhabitants/km². The municipality is formed by the headquarters and the district of Solemar.

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