Sao Sebastiao is the oldest city in the North Coast of Sao Paulo. Before the Portuguese colonization, the region of Sao Sebastiao was occupied by Indians Tupinambá at north and Tupiniquins at south in the hills of Boiçucanga - 30 km south of Sao Sebastiao - a natural border lands of tribes. The city received this name in honor of the saint's day that fell off the Island of Sao Sebastiao - Ilha Bela today - the dispatch of Amerigo Vespucci: January 20 of 1502.