Cangaíba is one of 96 districts in the city of

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Description

The district is situated on the east side of the Brazilian city of

, with 136.623 residents, according to the 2010 Census. To the north, it borders the city of

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with the Parque Ecológico do Tietê(National Park of Tiete) — a busy part of the region due to the tourism to the park and one of the city's biggest highways

Rodovia Ayrton Senna Rodovia Ayrton Senna da Silva (officially designated SP-070 and formerly named Rodovia dos Trabalhadores) (Workers' Highway), is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The highway begins in the Eastern region of city of São Paulo and end ...

(Ayrton Senna Highway), main connection from

to the

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. To the east and south, Cangaíba borders the neighborhood of

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, also to the south borders Ponte Rasa, and further east borders Ermelino Matarazzo, closing its path.

Etymology

The name "Cangaíba" comes from the tupi-guarani ''Cangaíva'', from the junction of ''caa'' + ''nga'' + ''iva'', where ''caa'' is forest, ''nga'' is place and ''iva'' is fruit, which translates to "place in the forest with many fruits".LOPES, Adriana Lopes (2020). Cangaíva, terra entre rios: dos Guaianá de Ururaí a um bairro. São Paulo: .n./ref>

References

Districts of São Paulo {{SãoPauloState-geo-stub