Guará
Guará is a municipality situated in the northern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 20,911 (2015 est.) in an area of 362 km2.[1] The elevation is 573 m.[2]
Guará | |
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 Location in São Paulo state | |
  Guará Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 20°25′42″S 47°49′27″W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | São Paulo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 362 km2 (140 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 20,911 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-03:00 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-02:00 (BRST) |
This place name comes from the Tupi language for two animals common in the region, the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) and the scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber).[3]
References
- Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
- IBGE — Cidades (in Portuguese)
- Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan (1889), "Guará", Diccionario de Vocabulos Brazileiros, Imprensa nacional, p. 71a
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