Santos
municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil
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Summary
Santos is a municipality of Brazil[1]. Santos ranks in the top 0.29% of municipality of brazil entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,888 views/month, #14 of 4,882).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: São Paulo[4]
- Country: Brazil[5]
- Head of government: Rogério Santos[6]
- Instance of: big city[7]
- Shares border with: São Vicente[8], Bertioga[9], Cubatão[10], Guarujá[11], Mogi das Cruzes[12], Santo André[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Nagasaki[14], Funchal[15], Veracruz[16], Colón City[17], Ushuaia[18], Cádiz[19], Trieste[20], Coimbra[21], Constanța[22], Ansião[23], Luhansk[24]
- Legislative body: municipal chamber of Santos[25]
- Postal code: 11100-000[26]
- Commons category: Santos[27]
- Located in time zone: UTC−03:00[28], UTC−02:00[29]
- Local dialing code: 13[30]
- Inception: 1546[31]
- Official website: http://www.santos.sp.gov.br/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Santos, São Paulo[33]
- Commons gallery: Santos[34]
- Human Development Index: 0.840[35]
- Population: 417,983[36], 433,966[37], 419,400[38], 418,288[39], 433,656[40], 433,991[41], 418,608[42], 345,500[43], 461,000[44], 412,000[45], 434,000[46], 417,098[47], 417,518[48], 419,509[49]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Santos[50]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[51], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[52]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Santos include Santos F.C.[53], a sports club[54], in Brazil[55], founded in 1912[56].
Why It Matters
Santos has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Santos is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for Santos include Santos F.C.[53], a sports club[54], in Brazil[55], founded in 1912[56].