Carrão (district of São Paulo)
Carrão (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈʁɐ̃w]) is an administrative district of the São Paulo, with 75,000 residents as of 2005. It belongs to the Aricanduva sub-prefecture.
Carrão | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| State | São Paulo |
| City | São Paulo |
| Government | |
| • Type | Subprefecture |
| • Subprefect | Jorge Augusto Leme |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 78.175 |
| • Density | 10.423/km2 (27.00/sq mi) |
| HDI | 0.886 –high |
| Website | Subprefecture of Aricanduva |
Carrão is located about 13 km east of the city's center. It is named after João José da Silva Carrão, a prominent public figure who owned most of the district's area at the end of the 19th century.
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