Bertioga

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Statistics
State:	São Paulo
Metropolitan Region:	Baixada Santista
Founded:	1993
Area:	492 km²
Population:	35,759 (2004)
Population density:	72.68/km²
Postal code:	11250-xxx
Area/distance code:	11
Website:	www.bertioga.sp.gov.br

Coordinates: 23°51′17″S, 46°08′20″W Bertioga is a Brazilian sea resort of the state of São Paulo in Baixada Santista. The population in 2004 is 35,759, the population density is 72.68/km² and the area of 492 km², of which the northern part that contains forests are underpopulated. The municipality was created in 1993, prior was a neighborhood area.

Its limits are Moji das Cruzes, Biritiba-Mirim and Salesópolis in the north, São Sebastião in the east, Atlantic Ocean to the south with ilha de Santo Amaro (opposite to the city) and Santos in the west.

Nazi fugitive Josef Mengele drowned in Bertioga, in 1978.

[edit] Communications

Radio Praia - a radio station

[edit] Other

Bertioga schools or a collegiate, high schools, churches, a post office, banks, sporting facilities, libraries, squares and parks.

[edit] External links

(Portuguese) http://www.bertioga.sp.gov.br
(Portuguese) citybrazil.com.br
(Portuguese) Portal Nosso São Paulo

	North: Moji das Cruzes, Biritiba-Mirim and Salesópolis
West: Santos	Bertioga	East: São Sebastião
	South: Atlantic Ocean and Guarujá