Santos (pronunciation (
help·info)) is a municipality in the
São Paulo state of
Brazil, founded in 1546 by the Portuguese nobleman
Brás Cubas. It is partially located on
the island of
São Vicente which harbors both
the city of Santos and
The city of São
Vicente, and partially on the
mainland. It is the main city in the metropolitan
region of Baixada Santista. As of 2006, its population was estimated at 418,375. Santos has the biggest seaport in
Latin America, which traded over 72 million tons in 2006; is a significant tourist
centre; has large industrial complexes and shipping
centres, which handle a large portion of
the world\'s
coffee exports; as well as a number of other Brazilian exports including steel, oil,
cars, oranges,
bananas and cotton. The city also displays the
Coffee Museum, where, once, coffee prices were negotiated; and a football memorial, dedicated to the city\'s greatest
players, amongst which is Pelé. Its
beach\'s
garden, 5.335 Km length,
figures in the Guinness Book of
Records as the largest beach
front garden. Santos is
home for the
famous football
club Santos FC, where Pelé has played.
In 1899, Santos was
the point of
entry for the bubonic plague into Brazil.[2] In October 2006,
light crude oil was discovered off the
coast in the Santos
basin. [2]
; "Santos")
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