Mogi das Cruzes | |
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| Municipality of Mogi das Cruzes | |
 Flag .png.webp) Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Bandeirantes Gens Mea (Latin) | |
 Location in São Paulo state | |
  Mogi das Cruzes Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 23°31′22″S 46°11′16″W / 23.52278°S 46.18778°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State |  São Paulo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Caio César Machado da Cunha (PODE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 713 km2 (275 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 780 m (2,560 ft) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 450,785 |
| • Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-03:00 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-02:00 (BRST) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.783 – high[2] |
| Website | www |
Mogi das Cruzes (Portuguese pronunciation: [moˈʒi] or [muˈʒi das ˈkɾuzis]) 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 450,785 (2020 est.) in an area of 713 km2.[3] It is located 40 km to the east of the city of São Paulo. It was founded in 1560 by the bandeirantes.[4]
Districts
The municipality is subdivided into the following districts:
- Brás Cubas (named after Brás Cubas)
- Biritiba-Ussu
- César de Sousa
- Jundiapeba
- Quatinga
- Sabaúna
- Taiaçupeba
Notable people
- Bruno Bronetta - retired footballer
- Bruno Cazarine - retired professional footballer, played at top levels in Brazil, Europe, Middle East, Asia and currently in Belarus with Dinamo Minsk.
- Edmar Halovskyi - retired professional footballer, who played for Ukraine national team.
- Maikon Leite - professional footballer, plays for Figueirense.
- Neymar (1992-), Al Hilal footballer, top goalscorer of the Brazil national football team
- Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro - professional footballer
References
- ↑ IBGE 2020
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
- ↑ Grinberg, Isaac (1980). Gaspar Vaz, fundador de Mogi das Cruzes (in Portuguese). s.n. p. 9. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
External links
Media related to Mogi das Cruzes at Wikimedia Commons- Official website of Mogi das Cruzes Municipal Government.
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