Carrão (District of São Paulo) (São Paulo)

Brazil / Sao Paulo / Sao Caetano do Sul / São Paulo
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Carrão, also known as Vila Carrão (pron. IPA: ['vila ka'ʁɐ̃w̃]), is a small residential district in São Paulo, with 75,000 residents as of 2005. It belongs to the Aricanduva borough.

Vila Carrão is located about 13 km east of the city's center, on the west side of the Aricanduva River. It was officially established in 1917, and is named after Councillor Carrão, a prominent public figure who owned the area at the end of the 19th century.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vila_Carrão,_São_Paulo
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Coordinates:   23°33'10"S   46°32'15"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago