| Caraguatatuba | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Caraguatatuba |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Nickname: | "Capital do Litoral Norte""Caraguá" |
| Gentilic: | caraguatatubense |
| Motto: | Duc in altvm "Conduza para o Alto" |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Type3: | Metropolitan Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Antônio Carlos da Silva (PSDB) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | April 20, 1857 |
| Area Total Km2: | 484.947 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 123,389 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | BRT |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | -23.62°N -45.4128°W |
| Elevation M: | 2 |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
| Blank Info: | 0.759 – high[2] |
Caraguatatuba, widely known by its abbreviation Caraguá, is a city in the eastern part of the southern state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.[3] The population is 123,389 (2020 est.) in an area of 485.10 km2.[4] Caraguatatuba is the largest city of São Paulo's north shore.The economy of the Caraguatatuba is driven by agriculture and tourism. The urban area and farmlands are within the coastline and valley areas, the majority of the northern part are heavily forested and rarely serves any roads to that area. The postal boundary dividing the 00000s and the 10000s lies to the southwestern boundary with Salesópolis.
| Year | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 86,944 | |
| 2004 | 92,283 | |
| 2009 | 96,125 | |
| 2010 | 100,899 | |
| 2015 | 113,317 |
Caraguatatuba is located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Serra do Mar and is home to the Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar. Its neighboring cities are Natividade da Serra to the north, Ubatuba to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast (with the island of Ilhabela to the south), São Sebastião to the south, Salesópolis to the west and Paraibuna northwest.
There are 17 beaches in Caraguatatuba from north to south, they are:
In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia de Telecomunicações do Estado de São Paulo until 1975, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo.[5] In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012.
The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).[6]