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Location:
South
America, Brazil, Santos
Category:
Beach
view
Description:
View of
the
beach and sea front at Santos
Location Information:
Santos
is a municipality in the São Paulo
state of Brazil, founded in 1546 by
the Portuguese nobleman Brás Cubas.
It is partially located on the
island of São Vicente, which harbors
both the city of Santos and the city
of São Vicente, and partially on the
mainland. It is the main city in the
metropolitan region of Baixada
Santista. As of 2006, its population
was estimated at 418,375 (1,476,820
metro area). Santos has the biggest
seaport in Latin America, which
handled over 72 million tons in
2006. It 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 steel, oil, cars, oranges,
bananas and cotton. The city is also
home to the Coffee Museum, where,
once, coffee prices were negotiated.
There is also a football memorial,
dedicated to the city's greatest
players, who include Pelé, one of
the players for the famous football
club Santos Futebol Clube. Its
beachfront garden, 5.335 km in
length, figures in the Guinness Book
of Records as the largest beachfront
garden in the world.
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