Registro

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Coordinates: 24°29′15″S 47°50′37″W / 24.48750°S 47.84361°W / -24.48750; -47.84361 Registro is a city on the Atlantic coast of São Paulo, Brazil. Registro in Portuguese means register, and this name was given to the city because it was the port from which the earlier settlers registered the gold that was leaving on ships from Brazil headed to Portugal.

The population in 2004 was 42,214 and the area is 717.97 km². The elevation is 25 m.

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