Caraguatatuba

Caraguatatuba
Municipality
Municipality of Caraguatatuba
Flag Seal
Nickname:  "Capital do Litoral Norte" "Caraguá"
Motto:  Duc in altvm "Conduza para o Alto"
Location in the state of São Paulo and Brazil
Caraguatatuba Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 23°37′12″S 45°24′46″W / 23.62000°S 45.41278°W / -23.62000; -45.41278
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Metropolitan Region	Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
Founded	April 20, 1857
Government
• Mayor	Antônio Carlos da Silva (PSDB)
Area
• Total	484.947 km2 (187.239 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	123,389
• Density	250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)	0.759 – high[2]
Website	www.caraguatatuba.sp.gov.br

Caraguatatuba, widely known by its abbreviation Caraguá, is a city in the eastern part of the southern state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.^[3] The population is 123,389 (2020 est.) in an area of 485.10 km².^[4] Caraguatatuba is the largest city of São Paulo's north shore. The economy of the Caraguatatuba is driven by agriculture and tourism. The urban area and farmlands are within the coastline and valley areas, the majority of the northern part are heavily forested and rarely serves any roads to that area. The postal boundary dividing the 00000s and the 10000s lies to the southwestern boundary with Salesópolis.^{[citation needed]}