Guarujá (bra)

Guarujá

Guarujá ranks 9,743rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shawinigan, Volhynia, and Maipú, Mendoza. The most famous people from Guarujá are Charles Oliveira, Paulinho, and Kelvin Hoefler. The most famous people who died in Guarujá are Alberto Santos-Dumont. Guarujá has been the birth place of many soccer players, and martial arts and the death place of many inventors. Guarujá is located in Brazil.

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 in an area of 143.58 km2 (55.44 sq mi). 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 is coterminous with the municipality, with exception of small offshore isles like Ilha dos Arvoredos. Read more on Wikipedia