Cotia, São Paulo, Southeast Region, Brazil

History | Geography

🇧🇷 Cotia is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. Cotia is linked with the Rodovia Raposo Tavares highway.

History Cotia was founded in 1580, and was an active village during the "bandeiras" expeditions. In 1626, Raposo Tavares and his companions arrived in the city. The "Sítio do Mandú" and "Sítio do Padre Inácio" (Mandu's Ranch and Priest Inácio's Ranch) were some of the first rural houses to be built there. Nowadays, they are preserved by the "Instituto Brasileiro de Patrimônio Cultural. Cotia was declared an independent municipality on April 2, 1856.

Geography The city is located west of São Paulo, and has a terrain made of valleys and mountains, reaching a maximum elevation of 1,074 meters above sea level

The city has the Cotia River as its main river.

The city has a densely populated urban area, but the less developed areas to the west attract people interested in ecotourism. The only naturally occurring case of Brazilian hemorrhagic fever took place here.

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Cotia has a population of over 253,608 people. Cotia also forms part of the wider Itapecerica da Serra District which has a population of over 1,139,186 people.

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Antipodal to Cotia is: 133.061,23.606

Locations Near: Cotia -46.9388,-23.6056

🇧🇷 Itapevi -46.933,-23.533 d: 8.1  

🇧🇷 Jandira -46.902,-23.533 d: 8.9  

🇧🇷 Embu das Artes -46.853,-23.649 d: 10  

🇧🇷 Barueri -46.867,-23.5 d: 13.9  

🇧🇷 Carapicuíba -46.833,-23.517 d: 14.6  

🇧🇷 Itapecerica da Serra -46.849,-23.718 d: 15.5  

🇧🇷 Taboão da Serra -46.787,-23.625 d: 15.6  

🇧🇷 Santana de Parnaíba -46.919,-23.447 d: 17.8  

🇧🇷 Santana do Parnaíba -46.919,-23.447 d: 17.8  

🇧🇷 Osasco -46.773,-23.542 d: 18.3  

Antipodal to: Cotia 133.061,23.606

🇯🇵 Nago 127.978,26.592 d: 19405.1  

🇯🇵 Ginowan 127.78,26.279 d: 19405.4  

🇯🇵 Okinawa City 127.793,26.343 d: 19403.1  

🇯🇵 Urasoe 127.734,26.254 d: 19402.6  

🇯🇵 Naha 127.702,26.199 d: 19402.6  

🇯🇵 Okinawa 127.809,26.409 d: 19401  

🇯🇵 Amami 129.483,28.367 d: 19376.3  

🇯🇵 Tomigusuku 127.667,26.15 d: 19401.9  

🇯🇵 Makishi 127.667,26.2 d: 19399.4  

🇯🇵 Miyakojima 125.267,24.8 d: 19213.6  

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