Guará | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in São Paulo state | |
Guará Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 20°25′42″S 47°49′27″W / 20.42833°S 47.82417°W / -20.42833; -47.82417 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | São Paulo |
| Area | |
• Total | 362 km2 (140 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 1) | |
• Total | 21,308 |
| • Density | 58.9/km2 (152/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Guará is a municipality situated in the northern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 21,308 (2020 est.) in an area of 362 km2.2 The elevation is 573 m.3
This place name comes from the Tupi language for two animals common in the region, the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) and the scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber).4
References
References
- IBGE 2020
- Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
- IBGE — Cidades (in Portuguese)
- Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan (1889), "Guará", Diccionario de Vocabulos Brazileiros, Imprensa nacional, p. 71a