Penha
Penha is a district in the subprefecture of Penha of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It is one of the oldest areas in São Paulo and is known because of the church Nossa Senhora da Penha, one of the oldest churches in the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 128,000 residents
- Description: District of São Paulo
- Also known as: “Penha de França” and “Penha District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torcida Jovem and Penha-Lojas Besni.
Torcida Jovem
Pitch
Photo: Thiago Castellanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Torcida Jovem are a torcida organizada, or supporters' group, for Santos FC, a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, Brazil. Founded in 1969 by a group of fans from São Paulo, the group set out to make it a goal to attend every match that the club played in the capital of São Paulo.
Penha-Lojas Besni
Metro station
Photo: Gaf.arq, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penha-Lojas Besni is a station on Line 3 of the São Paulo Metro. The station was renamed after the purchase of the naming right by the shoes and sneakers store network Lojas Besni.
Vila Matilde
Metro station
Photo: Diego Torres Silvestre, CC BY 2.0.
Vila Matilde is a station on Line 3 of the São Paulo Metro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cangaíba and Vila Matilde.
Vila Carrão
Suburb
Vila Carrão is the historical name of a small residential neighborhood in São Paulo, with 75,000 residents as of 2005. It belongs to the Carrão district and to the Aricanduva sub-prefecture. Vila Carrão is situated 3 km south of Penha.
Penha
- Categories: district of São Paulo and locality
- Location: Subprefecture of Penha, São Paulo, Grande São Paulo, São Paulo, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-23.52368° or 23° 31′ 25″ southLongitude
-46.54378° or 46° 32′ 38″ westPopulation
128,000Elevation
648 metres (2,126 feet)Abbreviation
“PEN”Open location code
588MFFG4+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3864810818OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Penha” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Penha”
- French: “Penha”
- German: “Penha (Distrikt von São Paulo)”
- Italian: “Penha”
- Japanese: “ペーニャ”
- Portuguese: “Penha”
- Russian: “Пенья”
- Spanish: “Penha (distrito de São Paulo)”
- Spanish: “Penha”
- Turkish: “Penha”
- Ukrainian: “Пенья”
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Localities in the Area
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