Santos, Sao Paulo
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 112 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5143-5552-5
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Santos (Brazilian Portuguese: ( listen), Saints) is a municipality in the Sao Paulo state of Brazil, founded in 1546 by the Portuguese nobleman Bras Cubas. It is partially located on the island of Sao Vicente, which harbors both the city of Santos and the city of Sao Vicente, and partially on the mainland. It is the main city in the metropolitan region of Baixada Santista. As of 2006, its population was estimated at 418,375 (1,476,820 metro area). Santos has the biggest seaport in Latin America, which handled over 72 million tons in 2006. It has large industrial complexes and shipping centers, which handle a large portion of the world's coffee exports, as well as a number of other Brazilian exports including steel, oil, cars, oranges, bananas and cotton. The city is also home to the Coffee Museum, where, once, coffee prices were negotiated. There is also a football memorial, dedicated to the city's greatest players, which includes Pele, who...