For other uses, see Guara (disambiguation).

Guará is a municipality situated in the northern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 21,308 (2020 est.) in an area of 362 km2.[2] The elevation is 573 m.[3]

This place name comes from the Tupi language for two animals common in the region, the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) and the scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber).[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  3. ^ IBGE — Cidades (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan (1889), "Guará", Diccionario de Vocabulos Brazileiros, Imprensa nacional, p. 71a
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guar%C3%A1
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