Editing Guarulhos (section)

==Overview==
The name comes from the [[Tupi language]], and means "Eaters", "big-bellied people"; a reference to the original indigenous inhabitants of the area.

It ranks eighth by GDP among Brazilian cities; second in São Paulo state. (source:IBGE, Brazil's national institute of statistics. GDP by cities report, published in 2005 with data from 2002). It is the tenth largest suburb in the world. The per capita income for the municipality is R$12,793. [[São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport]] (GRU), one of the main Brazilian airports, is located there. The city is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarulhos]].

The municipality contains part of the {{convert|7917|ha}} [[Cantareira State Park]], created in 1962, which protects a large part of the metropolitan São Paulo water supply.<ref>{{citation|access-date=2016-12-10|language=pt|date=June 2009|last=Leonel|first=Cristiane|title=Plano de Manejo do Parque Estadual da Cantareira: Resumo Executivo|publisher=SEMA/SP|page=vi|url=http://www.ambiente.sp.gov.br/consema/files/2011/11/oficio_consema_2009_201/Reapresentacao_do_Resumo_Executivo_do_Plano_de_Manejo_do_Parque_Estadual_da_Cantareira.pdf}}{{dead link|date=August 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
It also contains part of the {{convert|292000|ha}} [[Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area]], created in 1982 to protect the sources of the [[Paraíba do Sul]] river.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}|language=pt
 |title=Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental Bacia Hidrográfica do Paraíba do Sul|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente
 |url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=1521|access-date=2016-10-01}}</ref>