Guará

For other uses, see Guara (disambiguation).

Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

Guará

Municipality

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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| 59/km2 (150/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]

## See also

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* List of municipalities in São Paulo

## References

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1. ^ IBGE 2020
2. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
3. ^ IBGE — Cidades (in Portuguese)
4. ^ Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan (1889), "Guará", Diccionario de Vocabulos Brazileiros, Imprensa nacional, p. 71a

## External links

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* Official website

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