Summary:

The city of Santo Andre (Portuguese for Saint Andrew), on the Tamanduatei River, is in Sao Paulo State, 18 km away from the Sao Paulo city, in the most industrialized region of Brazil.

The settlement, which became a town in 1553, experienced rapid growth beginning in the 1930s. Industries include chemical engineering, textiles, oil, metal products, metallurgy and printed materials. It is an industrial city, but more than 60% of Santo Andre's total area is protected by water law.

In 1910 it became accessed with a railway named the Sao Paulo Railway Co. or the Estrada de Ferro Santos Jundiai. In 1954, it became the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Andre.

In 2002 the city shot to national prominence with the assassination of serving mayor Celso Daniel, the case of which remains unsolved.

Famous people from Santo Andre:

•Lucelia Santos;

•Diego Hypolito;

•Daniele Hypolito;

•Marcelo Takashima;

•Angelica Ksyvickis.