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Cubatão

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.

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Settlement.official_name: Cubatão
Settlement.image_skyline: Vista parcial de Cubatão SP a partir da Serra do Mar.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of Cubatão
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira do município de Cubatão, SP.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Brasão do município de Cubatão.svg
Settlement.image_map: SaoPaulo Municip Cubatao.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Cubatão
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Southeast
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Metropolitan Region
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Baixada Santista
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Official website

Prefeitura de Cubatão – Site Oficial da Cidade de Cubatão – Informações, fotos, vídeos e muito mais.

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: cubatonense
Population: 91136
Area: 142.281
Elevation: 4
Official website: www.cubatao.sp.gov.br
Image: Vista parcial de Cubatão SP a partir da Serra do Mar.jpg
Dialing code: 13

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Commons category: Cubatão
electorate: 78802
Human Development Index: 0.735
inception: 1832-04-09

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==History== The municipality was created by state law in 1948. thumb|center|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.