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Guarulhos

second largest municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, part of the Greater São Paulo Metropolitan Area
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Summary

Guarulhos is a municipality of Brazil[1]. Guarulhos ranks in the top 0.96% of municipality of brazil entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,054 views/month, #47 of 4,882).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: São Paulo[3]
  • Country: Brazil[4]
  • Head of government: Lucas Sanches Promessia[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6]
  • Shares border with: São Paulo[7], Arujá[8], Itaquaquecetuba[9], Mairiporã[10], Nazaré Paulista[11], Santa Isabel[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Guarulhos (district)[13], Jardim Presidente Dutra[14]
  • Twinned administrative body: Mejicanos[15], Quito[16]
  • Legislative body: Municipal Chamber of Guarulhos[17]
  • Postal code: 07000-000[18]
  • Commons category: Guarulhos[19]
  • Local dialing code: 11[20]
  • Inception: January 1, 1560[21]
  • Official website: https://www.guarulhos.sp.gov.br/[22], https://www.guarulhos.sp.leg.br/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Guarulhos[24]
  • Human Development Index: 0.763[25]
  • Population: 1,324,781[26], 1,221,979[27], 1,392,121[28], 1,291,771[29], 1,072,717[30], 1,233,436[31], 1,244,518[32], 1,279,202[33], 1,299,249[34], 1,299,283[35], 1,312,197[36], 1,337,087[37], 1,345,364[38], 1,349,100[39]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Guarulhos[40]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Guarulhos[41]
  • Category for people who died here: Q122223440[42]
  • Demonym: Guarulhense[43]
  • Native label: Guarulhos[44]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Guarulhos[45]
  • Electorate: 901,899[46]
  • Elevation above sea level: 759 m[47]
  • Area: 318.014 km²[48]

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Guarulhos include São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport[49], an international airport[50], in Brazil[51], founded in 1985[52].

Why It Matters

Guarulhos has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Guarulhos is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Entities named for Guarulhos include São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport[49], an international airport[50], in Brazil[51], founded in 1985[52].

Related Entities

Brazil Cris Faculdade de Ciências de Guarulhos Gabriel Martinelli Guarulhos University Law No. 3873 of January 30, 1961 Marques Batista de Abreu Rebeca Andrade São Paulo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . quito.gob.ec. quito.gob.ec. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . br.undp.org. br.undp.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2010 census of Brazil. Retrieved . sidra.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . sidra.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . sidra.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . sidra.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . sidra.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Open Data Portal of TSE. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · ExAstra · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of brazil id → 000065782
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bpy', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cs
    Located in time zone → —
    Sitelink count → 70
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of brazil id: 000065782"
  2. 21w ago · Gelli1742 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Guarulhos
    Official website → https://www.guarulhos.sp.gov.br/, https://www.guarulhos.sp.leg.br/
    Electorate → {'amount': '+901899'}
    Instance of → municipality of Brazil, big city
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Twinned administrative body: Quito"
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