Suzano

Suzano is a municipality in São Paulo state, Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 300,559 (2020 est.) in an area of 206.24 km². The elevation is 749 m.

History
The municipality was created by state law in 1948. Suzano has a large Japanese Brazilian population. It consists of a large downtown area surrounded by residential areas. There are three main roads that travel through the downtown section. One of them is a one-way street (northbound), and two are one-way streets (southbound). It was named after the engineer who built the train station. The city features a medium-sized shopping mall, city hall, train station, frequent bus routes, and a small number of office and residential buildings. Suzano is an important industrial center today, although it was originally agricultural. Many soldiers who fought in Italy's Monte Castello in World War II were from Suzano.

On March 13, 2019, there was a school shooting at the Raul Brasil School in Suzano. Eight people were killed before the two gunmen died of suicide.

Railroads
Suzano has one train station that is part of CPTM line 11.

Roads
Suzano is crossed by five highways:


 * SP-31 Índio Tibiriçá Highway
 * SP-66 João Afonso Highway
 * SP-70 Ayrton Senna Highway
 * SP-88 Rodovia Mogi-Dutra Highway
 * SP-21 Rodoanel Leste Gov. Mario Covas Highway

Media
In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia Telefônica da Borda do Campo. In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).

Sister cities

 * 🇯🇵 Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan
 * 🇺🇸 Lauderhill, Florida, United States
 * 🇨🇳 Yuyao, Zhejiang, China