Bertioga

Bertioga is a Brazilian municipality of the state of São Paulo in the Baixada Santista. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of the Baixada Santista.[2]

Município da Estância Balneária de Bertioga
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bertioga
Coordinates: 23°51′17″S 46°08′20″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Metropolitan Region	Baixada Santista
Government
• Mayor	Caio Arias Matheus
Area
• Total	490.15 km2 (189.25 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	64,723
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)	0.730 high
Website	Bertioga City Hall

The population is 64,723 (2020 est.) in an area of 490.15 km².[3] Because it neighbors resort towns, its population fluctuates greatly with the seasons. The more northern parts are dense forests and are virtually unpopulated. The municipality was created on 19 May 1991. Prior to that it was a part of Santos.

The municipality contains the 9,312 hectares (23,010 acres) Restinga de Bertioga State Park, created in 2010 to protect an area of mangroves, restinga and dense rainforest.[4] Its limits are Mogi das Cruzes, Biritiba-Mirim and Salesópolis in the north, São Sebastião in the east, Atlantic Ocean to the south with Ilha de Santo Amaro (opposite to the city) and Santos in the west.

Bertioga is infamously known for being the site where Josef Mengele, a Nazi doctor at Auschwitz, died by drowning in 1979.[5]