Alto de Santana explained

Official Name:Alto de Santana
Pushpin Map:Brazil São Paulo City#Brazil
Coordinates:-23.4919°N -46.6261°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Brazil
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Southeast
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:São Paulo
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:São Paulo
Subdivision Type4:Administrative Zone
Subdivision Name4:Northeast
Subdivision Type5:Subprefecture
Subdivision Name5:Santana-Tucuruvi
Subdivision Type6:District
Subdivision Name6:Santana
Population Density Km2:auto

Alto de Santana (Santana Heights) is a name commonly used, especially by business, to refer to an upper middle class area of Santana district in São Paulo city, Brazil. The term is used informally to refer to the bairro of Vila Santana (Santana Village) and the elevated region of the Santana bairro.

Among the major routes that pass through the region are: Voluntários da Pátria street, Francisca Júlia street, Pedro Doll street, Doutor Guilherme Cristoffel street and Doutor Luis Lustosa da Silva street. In Alto de Santana is located the Baruel Mansion, an old castle founded in the 19th century.

The region is classified by CRECI (Federal Council of Real Estate) as Value of Zone B like other upper middle class areas of the capital: Brooklin, Cerqueira César e Paraíso.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Research of CRECI (Portuguese) . 2009-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706155602/http://www.crecisp.gov.br/pesquisas/capital/2009/pesquisa_capital_abril_2009.pdf . 2011-07-06 . dead .