Guarulhos

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Guarulhos is a city and municipality located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, São Paulo state, Brazil. It is located northeast of the state capital, São Paulo. It is the second most populous city in the state of São Paulo, the 13th most populous city in Brazil, and the most populous city in the country that is not a state capital. Its population is 1,345,364 as of 2024, slightly above that of the nearby city of Campinas, with an area of 318.68 km2.

As of 2021, It ranked 10th by GDP among Brazilian cities and second in the state of São Paulo. It is the tenth largest suburb in the world. The GDP per capita for the municipality was R$55.084,22 as of 2021. The São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) is the primary airport serving São Paulo and is the largest airport in Brazil and South America. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarulhos.

The municipality contains part of the 7,917-hectare (19,560-acre) Cantareira State Park, created in 1962, which protects a large part of the metropolitan São Paulo water supply. It also contains part of the 292,000-hectare (720,000-acre) Mananciais...

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