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Santo Amaro (São Paulo)
Santo Amaro, Portuguese for " Saint Amaro", may refer to the following places: Brazil * Santo Amaro, Bahia *Santo Amaro da Imperatriz Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, or simply Santo Amaro, is a municipality in Santa Catarina located close to the state capital Florianópolis and is connected to Palhoça by BR-282 in the northeast. Location The municipality contains part of the Ser ..., Santa Catarina * Santo Amaro das Brotas, Sergipe * Santo Amaro do Maranhão, Maranhão * Santo Amaro, a district in the city of São Paulo * Santo Amaro, a subprefecture in the city of São Paulo * Santo Amaro, São Paulo Metro station * Santo Amaro, a neighborhood in Recife, Brazil Portugal * Santo Amaro, a civil parish in the municipality of Sousel *, a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Côa * Santo Amaro, a civil parish in the municipality of São Roque do Pico, Pico, Azores * Santo Amaro, a civil parish in the municipality of Velas, São Jorge, Azores São Tomé and Prín ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaro (saint)
According to Catholic tradition, Saint Amaro or Amarus the Pilgrim (, , ) was an abbot and sailor who it was claimed sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to an earthly paradise. There are two historical figures who may have provided the basis for this legend. The first was a French penance, penitent of the same name who went on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the thirteenth century. On his return journey, he established himself at Burgos, where he founded a hospital for leprosy, lepers. Saint Amaro has also been identified with Saint Maurus, disciple of Benedict of Nursia, Saint Benedict, who founded the first Benedictine monastery in France. Around the historical character of Saint Amaro converged many pagan traditions present in Asturias and Galicia related with Gaelic ''immrama'' and ''echtrai'', like ''The Voyage of Máel Dúin'', ''The Voyage of the Uí Chorra'', ''The Voyage of Snedgus and Mac Riagla'' or ''The Voyage of Bran''. Many features of the Celtic Otherworl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Amaro, Bahia
Santo Amaro, also known as Santo Amaro da Purificação (), is a municipality in the state of Bahia in Brazil. The population is 60,131 (2020 est.) in an area of . It is located in the metropolitan area of Salvador. Santo Amaro is located approximately from the city of Salvador. Santo Amaro was home to numerous indigenous peoples until the arrival of the Portuguese, who developed the region for sugarcane production. Santo Amaro is now noted for its numerous historic structures. The city is also a center of Candomblé, having more than 60 ''terreiros'', or temples of the religion. History Santo Amaro was home to Caeté, Pitiguaras, and Carijós peoples prior to the Portuguese colonization of Brazil. The region became an early center of sugarcane production under the Portuguese, with settlements primarily along the Subaé River. It, along with Cachoeira and Nazaré, became early regional urban and economic centers of the Recôncavo region. Santo Amaro was part of the municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Amaro Da Imperatriz
Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, or simply Santo Amaro, is a municipality in Santa Catarina located close to the state capital Florianópolis and is connected to Palhoça by BR-282 in the northeast. Location The municipality contains part of the Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a protected area created in 1975. The lushly-forested park protects the sources of the Vargem do Braço, Cubatão and D'Una rivers, which supply most of the drinking water for greater Florianópolis and the south coast region. There are several farms in the municipality. The only urban zone is situated in Downtown Santo Amaro. Parties and festivals The Festa do Divino Espírito Santo (Divine Holy Spirit Party) is the main religious celebration of the Florianópolis Region. Festa do Milho (Corn Festival) is another important festival of Santo Amaro. Economy Even though Santo Amaro is a small city, important enterprises were founded in the city. Imperatriz Supermarkets was founded in 1974 and is the most profit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Amaro Das Brotas
Santo Amaro das Brotas is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 12,151 (2020) and its area is 235 km2. See also * List of municipalities in Sergipe This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Sergipe (SE), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Sergipe is divided into 75 municipalities, which are grouped into 13 microregions, which are grouped into 3 mesoregions. See al ... References Municipalities in Sergipe {{Sergipe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Amaro Do Maranhão
Santo Amaro do Maranhão is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. The municipality contains part of the Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992. The city os Santo Amaro do Maranhão is one of the 3 that are part of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, an uncommon landscape which mixes dunes and cristal clear lakes. See also *List of municipalities in Maranhão This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Maranhão (MA), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Maranhão is divided into 217 municipalities, which are grouped into 21 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions. S ... References Municipalities in Maranhão Populated coastal places in Maranhão {{Maranhão-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Amaro (district Of São Paulo)
Santo Amaro is a district located within the subprefecture of the same name in the southern area of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It was formerly a separate municipality from 1832 until 1935, when it was incorporated into the city of São Paulo. The district spans an area of 16.04 km² (6.19 sq mi), with a population of 85,349 recorded by the 2022 Brazilian census. Its most central part is the Largo 13 de Maio, where the Santo Amaro Cathedral and the Marco Zero ( kilometre zero) of the old city of Santo Amaro are located. A German international school, Colégio Humboldt São Paulo (formerly named Ginásio Humboldt), is also located in Santo Amaro. See also * Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Amaro The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Amaro () is a diocese located in the district of Santo Amaro, in the city and the ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil. History * 15 March 1989: Established as Diocese of Santo Amaro from the Metro ... References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subprefecture Of Santo Amaro
The Subprefecture of Santo Amaro is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, comprising three districts: Santo Amaro (district of São Paulo), Santo Amaro, Campo Belo (district of São Paulo), Campo Belo, and Campo Grande (district of São Paulo), Campo Grande. It was formerly a separate municipality from 1832 until 1935, when it was incorporated into the city of São Paulo. The subprefecture covers an area of 37.75 km² (14.58 sq mi), with a population of 272.332 recorded by the 2022 Brazilian census. Santo Amaro hosts São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, the city's second busiest airport, and the Brazilian headquarters of many international corporations such as Deloitte, SAP SE, SAP, Oracle Corporation, Oracle, KPMG, Cargill, Electrolux and PepsiCo, as well as those of Brazilian companies Banco Votorantim, Claro Brasil, Claro and Vivo (telecommunications company), Vivo. This subprefecture also features many theatres and concert halls and is the site of the famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Amaro (São Paulo Metro)
Santo Amaro is a metro station on Line 5 (Lilac) of the São Paulo Metro in the Santo Amaro district of São Paulo, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population .... CPTM transfer Passengers may transfer from here to Line 9 (Emerald) of the CPTM commuter train. SPTrans lines The following SPTrans bus lines can be accessed. Passengers may use a Bilhete Único card for transfer: References São Paulo Metro stations Railway stations in Brazil opened in 2002 {{SãoPaulo-metro-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Amaro (Recife)
Santo Amaro is a neighborhood of Recife in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil, was founded in 1681 and incorporated in 1814. In 1814, the Cemitério dos Ingleses was built in the neighborhood, the first of the city, on a land donated by the Provincial Government to the English Consul in March 1869. Demographics The district is located in the central region of Recife in Pernambuco, Brazil and has 27,939 inhabitants, with a male population of 12,680 (45.38) inhabitants and a female population of 15,259 (54.62) inhabitants. The majority of the population of the neighborhood is in the age group of 25 to 29 years old with index of 13,258 inhabitants (47,45%). With 8,474 households, it has an average of 3.3 residents per household, with a proportion of 55.32% of the women responsible for the household and the value of the monthly average household income is (1,892.10). According to the 2010 Census-IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency respons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Amaro (Sousel)
Santo Amaro is a Portuguese parish in the municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ... of Sousel. The population in 2011 was 644,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 39.61 km2. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Nova De Foz Côa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa () is a city and a municipality at the confluence of the rivers Douro and Côa in the district of Guarda, Portugal. The municipality covers an area of and it hosted a population of 6,304 people in 2021, while around 3,300 people lived in the city. The municipality includes part of the Côa Valley Archaeological site, declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and is a part of the Douro wine region. History The Côa Valley has yielded significant archaeological findings that trace the origins of its inhabitants to the Paleolithic period, approximately 20,000 years ago. Evidence indicates that early humans inhabited the region, engaging in fishing and hunting for sustenance. They left behind notable rock engravings on the durable schist rock along the valley’s banks. Archaeological sites such as Canada do Inferno, Vale de Figueira, Vale de José Esteves, and Vale Cabrões contain engravings from this period and later, marking a continuous human presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Amaro (São Roque Do Pico)
Santo Amaro, Portuguese for " Saint Amaro", may refer to the following places: Brazil * Santo Amaro, Bahia *Santo Amaro da Imperatriz Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, or simply Santo Amaro, is a municipality in Santa Catarina located close to the state capital Florianópolis and is connected to Palhoça by BR-282 in the northeast. Location The municipality contains part of the Ser ..., Santa Catarina * Santo Amaro das Brotas, Sergipe * Santo Amaro do Maranhão, Maranhão * Santo Amaro, a district in the city of São Paulo * Santo Amaro, a subprefecture in the city of São Paulo * Santo Amaro, São Paulo Metro station * Santo Amaro, a neighborhood in Recife, Brazil Portugal * Santo Amaro, a civil parish in the municipality of Sousel *, a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Côa * Santo Amaro, a civil parish in the municipality of São Roque do Pico, Pico, Azores * Santo Amaro, a civil parish in the municipality of Velas, São Jorge, Azores São Tomé and Prín ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
