Caraguatatuba

Caraguatatuba, widely known as Caragua, is a city on the eastern part of the coast of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo and the largest city of the state north shore. It belongs to the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraiba e Litoral Norte. The municipality covers about 485 square kilometres between the Atlantic Ocean and the Serra do Mar, much of the northern part heavily forested and part of the Serra do Mar State Park, and it counted 134,873 residents in the 2022 census. Its neighbours are Natividade da Serra, Ubatuba, Sao Sebastiao, Salesopolis and Paraibuna, with the island of Ilhabela across the water to the south. The economy is driven by agriculture and tourism, and the coast has 17 named beaches running from Tabatinga in the north to Porto Novo in the south, including Praia Brava, Praia Grande and Praia do Indaia.