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Guaratinguetá
Guaratinguetá
is a municipality in the state of
São Paulo
in Brazil. It is part of the
Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
. The population is 119,073 (2015 est.) in an area of 752.64 km². It is located in the region of
Vale do Paraíba
; prominent individuals from the area include
Saint
Frei Galvão
, Brazilian President
Rodrigues Alves
and the
cardiologist
Dr Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini
. The name of the city derives from the words in the
Tupi language
:
gûyra
(
heron
),
tinga
(
white
) and
etá
(), resulting in
Gûyrating'etá
(meeting of white herons).
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