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
Município
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
Banner Coat airms
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
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

Climate

In 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]

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