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Suzano
Suzano is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 300,559 (2020 est.) in an area of 206.24 km². The elevation is 749 m. Suzano's industrial growth was boosted in the past by the availability of available sites for companies to set up and by its access to highways that lead to the interior and coast of the state. The SP-31 (São Paulo highway), Índio Tibiriçá, Rodoanel Mário Covas, Rodoanel and SP-66 (São Paulo highway), Henrique Eroles highways pass directly through Suzano. Suzano has direct access to the SP-70 (São Paulo highway), Ayrton Senna Highway, the Rodovia Anchieta, Anchieta Highway and indirect access to SP-88 (São Paulo highway), Mogi-Dutra and consequently to BR-116 (Brazil highway), Dutra itself. History The municipality was created by state law in 1948. Suzano has a large Japanese Brazilian population. It consists of a large downtow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Suzano Massacre
The Suzano massacre, also known as the Suzano school massacre, was a school shooting and a failed bombing, that took place on March 13, 2019, at the Professor Raul Brasil State School in the Brazilian municipality of Suzano, São Paulo (state), São Paulo State, in which five students and two school staff members were killed. Before the attack, the perpetrators, 17-year-old Guilherme Taucci Monteiro and 25-year-old Luiz Henrique de Castro, killed Taucci's uncle. After killing most of their victims in the school, Taucci killed his partner and then committed suicide. Eleven additional people were injured by gunshots. Some were injured while trying to escape. The attack was the second major and second deadliest List of school shootings in Brazil, school shooting in Brazil, after the Rio de Janeiro school shooting, Realengo massacre in 2011. It is also the ninth fatal school shooting in Brazilian history. The shooting has inspired many Copycat crime, copycat killings in and outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
SP-31 (São Paulo Highway)
SP-31 is a List of state highways in São Paulo, state highway in the States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. Description The Rodovia Índio Tibiriçá is a highway that connects the municipality of São Bernardo do Campo to the municipality of Suzano, both located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. It is the main route linking the Alto Tietê Region to the ABC Paulista Region. The road also serves as an alternative for residents of the Alto Tietê area traveling to the Baixada Santista or the South Zone of São Paulo. The road is named in honor of the Tupiniquim indigenous leader Tibiriçá, who played a significant role in the events leading to the founding of the city of São Paulo in 1554. Key points along the route: SP-148 – Ribeirão Pires – SP-066 (Suzano) Characteristics Length * Initial km: 33.100 * Final km: 70.300 Municipalities served * São Bernardo do Campo * Santo André (São Paulo), Santo André * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
CPTM
The Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) () is one of the rapid transit companies serving the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metro, Via Quatro and Via Mobilidade, all four forming the largest metropolitan rail transport network of Latin America. It was created on 28 May 1992, from several railroads that already existed in Greater São Paulo, Brazil. Part of the Greater São Paulo rail system, the CPTM currently operates 57 stations in five lines, with a total length of . The system carries about 2 million passengers a day. On 7 December 2018, CPTM set a weekday ridership record with 3,221,035 trips. History Most of railways now run by the CPTM were built between 1860 and 1957 by the São Paulo Railway (the lines 7 and 10), Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana (the lines 8 and 9) and Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil (lines 11 and 12). These railways were eventually incorporated into the state-owned Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA) in 1957 and Ferrovia Pau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Japanese Brazilian
are Brazilian citizens who are nationals or naturals of Japanese ancestry or Japanese immigrants living in Brazil or Japanese people of Brazilian ancestry. Japanese immigration to Brazil peaked between 1908 and 1960, with the highest concentration between 1926 and 1935. In 2022, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that there were 2 million Japanese descendants in Brazil, making it the country with the largest population of Japanese origin outside Japan. However, in terms of Japanese citizens, Brazil ranked seventh in 2023, with 46,900 Japanese citizens. Most of the Japanese-descendant population in Brazil has been living in the country for three or more generations and most only hold Brazilian citizenship. Nikkei is the term used to refer to Japanese people and their descendants. Japanese immigration to Brazil officially began on June 18, 1908, when the ship '' Kasato Maru'' docked at Porto de Santos, bringing 781 Japanese workers to the coffee plantations in the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Municipalities Of Brazil
The municipalities of Brazil () are administrative divisions of the states of Brazil, Brazilian states. Brazil currently has 5,571 municipalities, which, given the 2019 population estimate of 210,147,125, makes an average municipality population of 37,728 inhabitants. The average state in Brazil has 214 municipalities. Roraima is the least subdivided state, with 15 municipalities, while Minas Gerais is the most, with 853. Northern states are divided into small numbers of large municipalities (e.g. Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas is divided into only 62 municipalities), and therefore they cover large areas incorporating several separated towns or villages that do not necessarily conform to one single conurbation. Southern and eastern states on the other hand, are divided into many small municipalities (e.g. Minas Gerais), and therefore large urban areas usually extend over several municipalities which form one single conurbation. The Federal District (Brazil), Federal Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rodovia Anchieta
The Rodovia Anchieta (Anchieta Highway, official designation SP-150) is a highway connection between São Paulo and the Atlantic coast, the cities of Cubatão and Santos, in Brazil. In the plateau, the highway serves several cities of Greater São Paulo, such as São Bernardo do Campo, São Caetano do Sul, Santo André and Riacho Grande and traverses a picturesque region of dams and rain forests. The Rodovia Anchieta is a major pride of the Brazilian engineering, because it was built with a great number of bridges and tunnels along the steep cliffs of the Serra do Mar; and the first modern, concrete-paved road built in São Paulo in the 1930s. Its north lane was inaugurated on Tuesday, 22 April 1947, and its south on Thursday, 9 July 1953. The highway is one of the busiest of the country, because of the movement of goods to and from Santos's seaport. Traffic problems are common, mainly if there is bad weather or in long weekends when many families living in São Paulo go t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
SP-70
SP7 may refer to : * Sp7 transcription factor, a human gene * 2771 Polzunov (1978 SP7), a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 26, 1978 * S.A.R.A. SP7, a chassis of a racing car used at the 1928 24 Hours of Le Mans {{Letter-number combination disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, it is also used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or a translation for ''motorway'', ''Autobahn'', ''autostrada'', ''autoroutes of France, autoroute'', etc. According to Merriam-Webster, the use of the term predates the 12th century. According to Online Etymology Dictionary, Etymonline, "high" is in the sense of "main". In North American English, North American and Australian English, major roads such as controlled-access highways or arterial (road), arterial roads are often state highways (Canada: provincial highways). Other roads may be designated "county highways" in the US and Ontario. These classifications refer to the level of government (state, provincial, county) that maintains the roadway. In British English, "highway" is primarily a legal term. Everyday use normally implies roads, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Train Station
A train station, railroad station, or railway station is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing such ancillary services as ticket sales, waiting rooms, and baggage/freight service. Stations on a single-track line often have a passing loop to accommodate trains travelling in the opposite direction. Locations at which passengers only occasionally board or leave a train, sometimes consisting of a short platform and a waiting area but sometimes indicated by no more than a sign, are variously referred to as "stops", " flag stops", " halts", or "provisional stopping places". The stations themselves may be at ground level, underground, or elevated. Connections may be available to intersecting rail lines or other transport modes such as buses, trams, or other rapid transit systems. Terminology ''Train station'' is the terminology typic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
