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Santos | colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD" | Santos | State | São Paulo | Area: | 281 km2 | Population: | 437 000 (Estimate: 07/2003) | Height: | 2 m above sea level | Postcode (CEP): | 11100-000 | valign="top" | Geographic location: | | valign="top" | Address of the local government: | Preifeitura Municipal de Santos
Secretaria da Cidadania
Praa Mau, s/n- 4 andar
Centro - Santos | Website: | www.santos.sp.gov.br | Contact: | e-mail | colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD" | Map | colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Location of Santos | for the Australian oil company, see Santos Limited; for the football team, see FC Santos. Santos is a municipality in the So Paulo state of Brazil founded in 1543. It is partially located on the island of So Vicente in the Atlantic Ocean, and partially on the mainland. As of 2003, its population was approximately 437,000. Santos has the biggest seaport in Latin America, is a significant tourist center, has large industrial complexes and shipping centers which handle a large portion of the world's coffee exports, as well as a number of other Brazilian exports including oranges, bananas, and cotton. The city also displays the Coffee Museum, where once coffee prices were negotiated, the world's longest beach gardens (about 7.3 km), and a Soccer Memorial dedicated to the city's greatest players amongst which Pel. In 1899, Santos was the point of entry for bubonic plague into Brazil. Reference de Carvalho, Raimundo Wilson; Serra-Freire, Nicolau Maus; Linardi, Pedro Marcos; de Almeida, Adilson Benedito; and da Costa, Jeronimo Nunes (2001). Small Rodents Fleas from the Bubonic Plague Focus Located in the Serra dos rgos Mountain Range, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Memrias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 96(5), 603-609. PMID 11500756. External link
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