Santos, São Paulo
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 | |
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| Motto(s): Patriam Charitatem et Libertatem Docui (Latin: Tae the hameland A taucht charity an liberty) | |
  Santos Location o Santos athin Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 23°56′13.16″S 46°19′30.34″W / 23.9369889°S 46.3250944°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 |
Geografie
eeditClimate
eeditIn maugre o the fact that it's juist ootwi the tropics, Santos haes a tropical rainforest climate wi nae real dry saison. Tropical rainforest climates are teepically foond near the equator, sae Santos featurin this teep o climate is an exceptional situation. Aw months o the year averages mair nor 60 mm o rainfaw throu the course o the year. Santos features wairm wather ootthrough the year, tho Juin in Santos is somewha ceuler (an drier) than Januar. The average temperatur in the ceety durin the month o Juin is 23 °C, while the average temperatur in Januar is 28 °C. Precipitation in Santos is appallingly copious, amoontin tae 2,081 mm (81.9 in) annually. Santos lees in ane o the few isolatit regions o Brazil ootside o the tropical Amazon Basin that receive mair nor 2,000 mm (79 in) o tot average precipitation annually, tho naurhaun Ubatuba approximately 140 km (87 mi) tae the ENE is considerably weeter than Santos, receivin an average o 2,645 mm (104.1 in) o precipitation annually.
| Climate data for Santos, Brazil | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 27 (81) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
26 (79) |
27 (81) |
25 (77) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24 (75) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
23 (73) |
20 (68) |
18 (64) |
18 (64) |
18 (64) |
19 (66) |
21 (70) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
21 (70) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
19 (66) |
17 (63) |
15 (59) |
14 (57) |
16 (61) |
17 (63) |
18 (64) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
18 (65) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 279 (11.0) |
220 (8.7) |
243 (9.6) |
195 (7.7) |
171 (6.7) |
100 (3.9) |
112 (4.4) |
71 (2.8) |
129 (5.1) |
163 (6.4) |
163 (6.4) |
235 (9.3) |
2,081 (82) |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 140 | 141 | 145 | 135 | 134 | 133 | 127 | 113 | 89 | 101 | 119 | 119 | 1,496 |
| Source: The Weather Network [1] | |||||||||||||
Sister ceeties
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References
eedit- ↑ "Climate Statistics for Santos, Brazil". Retrieved 7 Januar 2012.[deid airtin]
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Santos, São Paulo. |
- (in Portuguese) Offeecial wabsteid
- Port o Santos Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- SantosCity.com.br - Santos, São Paulo