Cubatão

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City in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

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::summary City in the state of São Paulo, Brazil ::

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image_captionAerial view of Cubatão
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pushpin_map_captionLocation in Brazil
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_type2State
subdivision_nameBrazil
subdivision_name1Southeast
subdivision_name2São Paulo
subdivision_type3Metropolitan Region
subdivision_name3Baixada Santista
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameCésar da Silva Nascimento (PSD)
established_titleFounded
established_date
established_title2Anniversary
established_date2
area_total_km2142.88
population_as_of2020
population_total131,626
population_density_km2auto
timezone1BRT
utc_offset1-3
timezone1_DSTBRST
utc_offset1_DST-2
coordinates
elevation_m4
blank_nameHDI (2000)
blank_info0,772 – medium
websiteCubatão
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Cubatão is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 12 kilometers away from Santos seaport, the largest in Latin America. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of the Baixada Santista. The population is 131,626 (2020 est.) in an area of 142.88 km2. It hosts industries, refining oil, steel mills and fertilizers.

History

The municipality was created by state law in 1948. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Estado_de_São_Paulo_(Brasil)_1950,_Acervo_do_Museu_Paulista_da_USP.jpg" caption="Map of the state of São Paulo (1948)."] ::

In the early 1980s, Cubatão was one of the most polluted cities in the world, nicknamed "Valley of Death", due to births of brainless children and respiratory, hepatic and blood illnesses. High air pollution was killing forest over hills around the city. It was ranked the top ten dirtiest cities in the world by Popular Science.

Around 0:00 BRT (3:00 GMT) on Saturday, 25 February 1984, an oil spill set the shantytown Vila Socó on fire, killing 93 people according to official figures of the government, though the actual death toll may be more than 200. The contamination of workers with persistent organic pollutants put the now defunct Rhodia into Greenpeace's top 10 world's worst corporate crimes ever in its report to Rio Summit in 1992.

Strong efforts were made to diminish pollution in the city, costing US$ 1.2 billion so far. Although conditions have improved, it is impossible to completely clean the contaminated soil and groundwater. Furthermore, as long as large industries continue to work in such a small area, there will always be some pollution.

Popular culture

Cubatão was mentioned as the "world's most polluted town" in the Jello Biafra-Sepultura collaboration "Biotech is Godzilla" on the group's 1993 album Chaos A.D.

Cubatão is the name of an A La Carte song from 1981.

Sister cities

Divisions

Piaçaguera

Piaçaguera is a location within the city of Cubatão in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The Rodovia Cônego Domênico Rangoni highway, formerly known as the Piaçaguera-Guarujá highway, starts there. It connects the Via Anchieta to Guarujá, crossing the Bertioga canal. It is there that the climb through the Serra do Mar escarpment begins by way of the Santos-Jundiaí railway line.

"Piaçaguera" is a term from the Tupi language that means "old port" by way of the conjunction of the two words "peasaba" ("port") and "ûera" ("velho").

Media

In telecommunications, the city was served by the Companhia Telefônica da Borda do Campo until 1975, when it began to be served by the Telecomunicações de São Paulo. In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012.

The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).

References

References

  1. [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/sp/cubatao/panorama IBGE 2020]
  2. "Lei Complementar nº 815, de 30 de julho de 1996".
  3. "IBGE | Portal do IBGE | IBGE".
  4. "Municípios Paulistas".
  5. Upi. (1984-03-26). "DEATH TOLL IN BRAZILIAN FIRE IS NOW PUT AT 508". The New York Times.
  6. "A la Carte – Cubatao Lyrics".
  7. "LEI MUNICIPAL Nº 907, DE 09/04/1972 – Cubatão / SP – Legislação Municipal". Cubatão Municipal Council.
  8. "Um monumento à amizade (2)". Novo Milênio Electronic Journal.
  9. "LEI MUNICIPAL Nº 1.594, DE 18/06/1986 – Cubatão / SP – Legislação Municipal". Cubatão Municipal Council.
  10. "Um monumento à amizade (2)". Novo Milênio Electronic Journal.
  11. "LEI MUNICIPAL Nº 1.976, DE 03/10/1991 – Cubatão / SP – Legislação Municipal". Cubatão Municipal Council.
  12. "Um monumento à amizade (2)". Novo Milênio Electronic Journal.
  13. "LEI MUNICIPAL Nº 1.993, DE 07/11/1991 – Cubatão / SP – Legislação Municipal". Cubatão Municipal Council.
  14. "Um monumento à amizade (2)". Novo Milênio Electronic Journal.
  15. "LEI MUNICIPAL Nº 2.002, DE 18/11/1991 – Cubatão / SP – Legislação Municipal". Cubatão Municipal Council.
  16. "Um monumento à amizade (2)". Novo Milênio Electronic Journal.
  17. "LEI MUNICIPAL Nº 2.086, DE 17/09/1992 – Cubatão / SP – Legislação Municipal". Cubatão Municipal Council.
  18. "Um monumento à amizade (2)". Novo Milênio Electronic Journal.
  19. "LEI MUNICIPAL Nº 3.047, DE 26/12/2005 – Cubatão / SP – Legislação Municipal". Cubatão Municipal Council.
  20. [[Eduardo de Almeida Navarro. Navarro, E. A.]] ''Método moderno de tupi antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos''. 3ª edição. São Paulo. Global. 2005. p 118.
  21. "Creation of Telesp - April 12, 1973".
  22. "Our History - Telefônica RI".

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