Santo André, São Paulo

Santo André
—  Municipality  —
The Municipality of Santo André
View of Santo André
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Paulistarum Terra Mater (Latin: Motherland of Paulistians)
Location of Santo André
Coordinates: 23°39′26″S 46°32′00″W / 23.65722°S 46.5333333°W / -23.65722; -46.5333333
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Government
- Mayor	Aidan Ravin (PTB)
Area
- Total	175 km2 (67.6 sq mi)
Elevation	700 m (2,297 ft)
Population (2007)[1]
- Total	667,891
- Density	3,816.52/km2 (9,884.7/sq mi)
Time zone	BST (UTC-3)
- Summer (DST)	BDT (UTC-2)
Postal Code	09000-000
HDI (2000)	0.835 – high
Website	Santo André, São Paulo

Coordinates: 23°39′26″S 46°32′00″W / 23.65722°S 46.5333333°W / -23.65722; -46.5333333

The city of Santo André (Portuguese for Saint Andrew), on the Tamanduateí River, is in São Paulo State, 18 km away from the São Paulo city, in the most industrialized region of Brazil. It is known as a core part of the ABC region (A = Santo André, B = São Bernardo do Campo, C = São Caetano do Sul).

History

The settlement, which became a town in 1553, with the name of Santo André da Borda do Campo, experienced rapid growth beginning in the 1930s. Originally was named São Bernardo, because the see district of the municipality was in São Bernardo do Campo. In 1938, the municipality was changed for actual name, Santo André, and the see district was transferred to Santo André in this occasion. Industries include chemical engineering, textiles, oil, metal products, metallurgy and printed materials. It is an industrial city, but more than 60% of Santo André's total area are protected by water law.

In 1867 it became accessed with a railway named the São Paulo Railway Co. or the Estrada de Ferro Santos Jundiaí. In 1954, it became the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo André.

In 2002 the city shot to national prominence with the assassination of serving mayor Celso Daniel, the case of which remains unsolved.

Districts

Paranapiacaba

• Distrito Sede - Santo André
• Paranapiacaba
• Distrito de Utinga - Santo André
• Distrito de Capuava - Santo André

Sports

Soccer

• Soccer Team - Esporte Clube Santo André, the football (soccer) team of the city.
• City Stadium - Estádio Bruno José Daniel - Capacity: 15.157

Titles: Brazilian National Cup Champion in 2004, beating Flamengo in final game at Maracana Stadium in front of more than 80,000 Flamengo fans. Paulista 2nd Division Champions in 1967, 1975, 1981 and 2008. Copa Estado de São Paulo 2003 Copa São Paulo Under-20 2002

Estádio do Sport Club Santo André

• (Pelé) scored his first professional goal ever at Sport Clube Corinthians Paulista in Santo André Stadium

Volleyball

• Men's Volleyball Team - Pirelli Volleyball Club - Men's World Club Champion in 1984. Later, the team had his name changed to Shopping ABC - Santo André due to a new sponsorship contract signed with Shopping ABC, one of the biggest malls in the city.

Basketball

• Men's Basketball Team - Pinheiros Santo André - Plays Paulista League of Basketball

Other sports

• Boxing - Hosts national olympic team at Pedro Dell'Antonia Gymnasium facilities.

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Santo André has city partnerships with the following cities:

• Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
• Chengde, the People's Republic of China
• Pilsen, Czech Republic
• Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
• Takasaki, Japan

Famous people from Santo André

• Lucélia Santos
• Diego Hypólito
• Daniele Hypólito
• Marcelo Takashima
• Angélica Ksyvickis
• Cacau
• Alexandre Lima de Araújo

References

External links

• (Portuguese) Santo André City Hall

	São Caetano do Sul	São Paulo	Mauá, Ribeirão Pires, Rio Grande da Serra and Suzano
	São Caetano do Sul		Mogi das Cruzes
		Santo André
	São Bernardo do Campo	Santos	Cubatão and Santos