North Coast
North Coast is a region in the state of São Paulo. It is formed by the Paraíba Valley and the North Coast itself. The two regions are separated by the Serra do Mar State Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include São José dos Campos and Taubaté.
São José dos Campos
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São José dos Campos is a city and a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The city is the birthplace of Brazilian aerospace industry, and until nowadays the most important center of aerospace manufacturing and research in the country.
Pindamonhangaba
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Pindamonhangaba is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Ubatuba and Campos do Jordão.
Ubatuba
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Ubatuba is a municipality on the northern coast of São Paulo state, on the border with the Rio de Janeiro state. Ubatuba is a true paradise, being predominantly covered by exuberant Atlantic rainforest and containing more than 80 non-contiguous beaches distributed along 100 km of coast.
Campos do Jordão
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Campos do Jordão is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is located in Serra da Mantiqueira at an altitude of 1628 meters, making it the highest Brazilian city, considering the altitude of the seat.
Guaratinguetá
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Guaratinguetá is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 122,505 in an area of 752.64 km2.
Caraguatatuba
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Caraguatatuba is a beach town in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is often referred to as simply Caraguá.
Aparecida
Aparecida is a city in the Vale do Paraíba region, in São Paulo state. It is a major Catholic pilgrimage site that gets more than 10 million visitors per year, mostly coming to visit the Basílica de Nossa Senhora Aparecida, the second largest Catholic temple in the World.
Ilhabela
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Ilhabela is an archipelago and city situated in the Atlantic Ocean six kilometres off the coast of São Paulo state in Brazil. The city is 205 km from the city of São Paulo and 340 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Bananal
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Bananal is a town and municipality in the Vale do Paraíba region, in the extreme east of the São Paulo state. One of the richest cities during the Coffee Cycle, it preserves many historical buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries, such as farms, churches and urban mansions with their Portuguese tiles, Belgian crystals and imported furniture.
São Sebastião
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São Sebastião is a coastal city and a municipality on the North Coast of São Paulo. The city is known for its historical heritage and for the Maresias beach, part of the international surf circuit and regarded as "the Ipanema of São Paulo".
São Luiz do Paraitinga
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São Luiz do Paraitinga is a town and municipality in the Vale do Paraíba region, in São Paulo state. Its historical center, containing hundreds of constructions from the XIX century, is a national heritage site.
São José do Barreiro
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São José do Barreiro is a town of 4,100 people and municipality in the Vale do Paraíba region. Like other cities of the Historical Valley Circuit, São José do Barreiro has a strong heritage from the 19th-century coffee farming era, plus beautiful nature at the Serra da Bocaina National Park.
Caçapava
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Caçapava is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. Is between São José dos Campos 24 km and Taubaté 19 km.
Santo Antônio do Pinhal
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Santo Antônio do Pinhal is a town in the Vale do Paraíba region, in São Paulo state. It is basically a much smaller and less famous version of the nearby Campos do Jordão, sharing similar climate and landscape.
Cachoeira Paulista
Cachoeira Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte, in the Guaratinguetá Microregion.
Cunha
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Cunha is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 21,459 in an area of 1,407.25 km2.
Cruzeiro
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Cruzeiro is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is located about 220 km from the state capital. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.
Queluz
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Queluz is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.
North Coast
- Type: mesoregion of Brazil
- Description: region of São Paulo state, Brazil
- Location: São Paulo, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude of center
-23.3858° or 23° 23′ 9″ southLongitude of center
-45.6619° or 45° 39′ 43″ westWikidata ID
Q2466078
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“North Coast” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վալի դու Պարաիբա Պաուլիստայի մարզ”
- Chinese: “Vale do Paraíba Paulista Tiong-khu”
- Dutch: “Vale do Paraiba Paulista”
- Dutch: “Vale do Paraíba Paulista”
- Esperanto: “Vale do Paraíba Paulista”
- French: “Mésorégion de la vallée du Paraíba Paulista”
- French: “Vallee du Paraiba Paulista”
- French: “Vallée du Paraíba Paulista”
- Italian: “Mesoregione di Vale do Paraíba Paulista”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vale do Paraíba Paulista Tiong-khu”
- Polish: “Mezoregion Vale do Paraíba Paulista”
- Portuguese: “Aglomeração Urbana de São José dos Campos”
- Portuguese: “Aglomerado Urbano de São José dos Campos”
- Portuguese: “Litoral Norte”
- Portuguese: “Mesorregião do Vale do Paraíba Paulista”
- Portuguese: “Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte”
- Portuguese: “Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba”
- Portuguese: “Rmvale”
- Russian: “Вали-ду-Параиба-Паулиста”
- Spanish: “Mesorregiao do Vale do Paraiba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregiao do Vale do Paraíba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregião do Vale do Paraiba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregião do Vale do Paraíba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregion de Vale do Paraiba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregion de Vale do Paraíba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregión de Vale do Paraiba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregión de Vale do Paraíba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregion del Valle del Paraiba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregion del Valle del Paraíba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregión del Valle del Paraiba Paulista”
- Spanish: “Mesorregión del Valle del Paraíba Paulista”
- Ukrainian: “Валі-ду-Параїба-Пауліста”
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