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City of Suzano
City of Suzano
	Downtown of Suzano
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	Nickname(s): Cidade das Flores (City of Flowers)
	Location of Suzano
	Coordinates: 23°32′34″S 46°18′39″W / 23.54278°S 46.31083°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Founded	April 2, 1949
	Government
- Mayor	Marcelo Cândido (PT)
	Area
- Total	206 km2 (79.5 sq mi)
Elevation	749.43 m (2,459 ft)
	Population (2007)
- Total	268,777
- Density	1,304.74/km2 (3,379.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
- Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2000)	0,775 – medium
Website	Suzano City

Coordinates: 23°32′34″S 46°18′39″W / 23.54278°S 46.31083°W / -23.54278; -46.31083 Suzano is a city in São Paulo, Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population in 2004 was 272,452 and the area is 206 km². The elevation is 749 m.

Suzano has a large Japanese Brazilian population. It consists of a large downtown area surrounded by residential areas. There are three main roads that travel through the downtown section. One of them is a one-way street (northbound), and two are one-way streets (southbound). It was named after the engineer who built the train station. Suzano is an important industrial center today,although it was originally agricultural. Many soldiers who fought in Italy's Monte Castelo in WWII were from Suzano.

A medium sized, average shopping mall, city hall, train station, frequent bus routes, and a number of tall office/residential buildings are features of this city.

In comparisson with neighboring cities, Suzano has a quite few tall buildings. Most of the city's buildings were built in the 1990s.

[edit] Law and government

Seat of the city hall of Suzano

Suzano's City Hall is located in the Baruel Street in the downtown of the city.

[edit] Mayors of Suzano

1997-2000 - Estevam Galvão (PFL) ^[4]
2001-2004 - Estevam Galvão (PFL) ^[5]
2005-2008 - Marcelo Cândido (PT) ^[6]

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Railroads

Suzano has one train station that is part of CPTM line 11.

[edit] Roads

Suzano is crossed by three highways:

SP-31 Índio Tibiriçá Highway
SP-66 Henrique Eroles Highway
SP-70 Ayrton Senna Highway

[edit] Sister cities

Komatsu, Japan ^[7]
Lauderhill, United States of America ^[8]

[edit] References

^ "Histórico de Suzano". Suzano City Hall. http://www.suzano.sp.gov.br/CN01/historia/historia.asp. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
^ "Suzano - SP. Síntese das Informações". IBGE. http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/xtras/SINTESE.php?nomemun=Suzano&codmun=355250&tema=sintese&desc=S%EDntese%20das%20Informa%E7%F5es&legenda=Fonte%3AIBGE%20-%20Instituto%20Brasileiro%20de%20Geografia%20e%20Estat%EDstica&uf=sp&r=2. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
^ "Estimativas - Contagem da População 2007". IBGE. http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/contagem2007/popmunic2007layoutTCU14112007.xls. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
^ "S - Eleitos 96". TRE-SP. http://www.tre-sp.gov.br/eleicoes/elei1996/s.htm.
^ "Resultado Final - SUZANO". TRE-SP. http://www.tre-sp.gov.br/eleicoes/elei2000/res1t/p71510.htm.
^ "Resultado por município - Prefeito 1º Turno". TRE-SP. http://www.tre-sp.gov.br/eleicoes/2004/resultados/net_xml.html.
^ "Suzano - Cidade Japonesa Komatsu". Portal Nikkey. http://www.kenren.org.br/ishikawa/00783_00000.html.
^ "Suzano recebe comitiva norte-americana". Suzano City Hall. http://www.suzano.sp.gov.br/cn03/noticias/nots_det.asp?id=3372.

[edit] External links

(Portuguese) Suzano City Hall Web site

[Founded-0] "Histórico de Suzano". Suzano City Hall. http://www.suzano.sp.gov.br/CN01/historia/historia.asp. Retrieved 2008-07-17.

[IBGE_Area-1] "Suzano - SP. Síntese das Informações". IBGE. http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/xtras/SINTESE.php?nomemun=Suzano&codmun=355250&tema=sintese&desc=S%EDntese%20das%20Informa%E7%F5es&legenda=Fonte%3AIBGE%20-%20Instituto%20Brasileiro%20de%20Geografia%20e%20Estat%EDstica&uf=sp&r=2. Retrieved 2008-07-15.

[IBGE_Pop_2007-2] "Estimativas - Contagem da População 2007". IBGE. http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/contagem2007/popmunic2007layoutTCU14112007.xls. Retrieved 2008-07-11.

[Mayor1996-3] "S - Eleitos 96". TRE-SP. http://www.tre-sp.gov.br/eleicoes/elei1996/s.htm.

[Mayor2000-4] "Resultado Final - SUZANO". TRE-SP. http://www.tre-sp.gov.br/eleicoes/elei2000/res1t/p71510.htm.

[Mayor2004-5] "Resultado por município - Prefeito 1º Turno". TRE-SP. http://www.tre-sp.gov.br/eleicoes/2004/resultados/net_xml.html.

[SC-JPN-6] "Suzano - Cidade Japonesa Komatsu". Portal Nikkey. http://www.kenren.org.br/ishikawa/00783_00000.html.

[SC-USA-7] "Suzano recebe comitiva norte-americana". Suzano City Hall. http://www.suzano.sp.gov.br/cn03/noticias/nots_det.asp?id=3372.

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