Suzano

Suzano

Suzano

Municipality in São Paulo, Brazil

For other uses, see Suzano (disambiguation).

Suzano is a municipality in São Paulo state, Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.[5] The population is 300,559 (2020 est.) in an area of 206.24 km².[2] The elevation is 749 m.

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Suzano has a large Japanese Brazilian population. It consists of a large downtown area surrounded by residential areas. There are three main roads that travel through the downtown section. One of them is a one-way street (northbound), and two are one-way streets (southbound). It was named after the engineer who built the train station.

The city features a medium-sized shopping mall, city hall, train station, frequent bus routes, and a small number of office and residential buildings. Suzano is an important industrial center today, although it was originally agricultural.

Many soldiers who fought in Italy's Monte Castello in World War II were from Suzano.

On March 13, 2019, there was a school shooting at the Raul Brasil School in Suzano. Eight people were killed before the two gunmen died of suicide.[6]

Transportation

Railroads

Suzano has one train station that is part of CPTM line 11.

Roads

Suzano is crossed by five highways:

  • SP-31 Índio Tibiriçá Highway
  • SP-66 João Afonso Highway
  • SP-70 Ayrton Senna Highway
  • SP-88 Rodovia Mogi-Dutra Highway
  • SP-21 Rodoanel Leste Gov. Mario Covas Highway

Sister cities

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Histórico de Suzano". Suzano City Hall. Archived from the original on 2012-12-01. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  2. [2]
    Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  3. [3]
    IBGE 2020
  4. [4]
    "Ranking of Brazilian municipalities by HDI" (in Portuguese). United Nations Development Program.
  5. [5]
    Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011
  6. [6]
    Darlington, Shasta (13 March 2019). "5 Students Among 8 Killed in Brazil School Shooting". The New York Times.


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