Suzano, Industrial municipality in São Paulo metropolitan region, Brazil
Suzano is an industrial town in the São Paulo metropolitan area, located roughly 50 kilometers east of central São Paulo. The streets run mostly in a grid pattern through residential neighborhoods, factories and commercial zones, with a downtown core of shops and administrative buildings at the center.
The town was officially established as an independent municipality in 1949, after growing from a rural settlement along the railway line over previous decades. Industrialization from the second half of the 20th century brought paper and pulp mills to the area and changed the landscape permanently.
Suzano takes its name from engineer Joaquim Augusto Suzano Brandão, who worked on regional railway lines in the early decades of the 20th century. Today families spend weekends in the town's parks and shopping districts draw visitors from surrounding suburbs.
The town is best reached by regional train or via the highways running inland from São Paulo, making access straightforward. Once there, most shops and services sit in the center, while buses connect outer neighborhoods.
A large factory in the town runs one of the longest pulp production lines in the world and processes thousands of tons of wood fiber each day. The facility uses eucalyptus trees from planted forests that are bred for their fast growth rate.
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