Bertioga is a Brazilian
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the state of
São Paulo
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and part of the
Baixada Santista
The Região Metropolitana da Baixada Santista is a metropolitan area located on the coast of São Paulo state in Brazil, with a population of 1.7 million. Its most populous city is Santos.
As an administrative division (''Região Metropolitana ...
Metropolitan Region. Its population is 64,723 (2020 est.) in an area of 490.15 km
2.
[Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]
/ref> Because it neighbors resort towns, its population fluctuates greatly with the seasons. The more northern parts are densely forested and humanly unpopulated. It was created on 19 May 1991, from a part of Santos.
The municipality contains the Restinga de Bertioga State Park, created in 2010 to protect an area of mangrove
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s, restinga and rainforest. Its limits are Mogi das Cruzes
Mogi das Cruzes ( or ) is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, located within the metropolitan region of the state capital of the city of São Paulo. The population is 451,505 (2022 census) in an area of 713 km2. It is located 4 ...
, Biritiba-Mirim and Salesópolis in the north, São Sebastião in the east, Atlantic Ocean
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to the south with Ilha de Santo Amaro (opposite the city) and Santos in the west.
Bertioga is where Josef Mengele
Josef Mengele (; 16 March 19117 February 1979) was a Nazi German (SS) officer and physician during World War II at the Russian front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, often dubbed the "Angel of Death" (). He performed Nazi hum ...
, a Nazi Germany
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doctor at Auschwitz
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, drowned in 1979.
Media
Bertioga was served telecommunications by the Companhia Telefônica Brasileira
Companhia Telefônica Brasileira (CTB) was a Brazilian fixed-line telephone company that provided services to the states of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (state), São Paulo, as well as Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo thr ...
until 1973, when the Telecomunicações de São Paulo took over.
See also
* List of municipalities in São Paulo
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of São Paulo (SP), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil
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References
External links
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Bertioga City Hall
Bertioga Facebook Page
Populated coastal places in São Paulo (state)
Municipalities in São Paulo (state)
Baixada Santista
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