Jaraguá (means "Grotto of the Lord", "Valley Guard" or Lord of the Valley in Ancient Tupian language) is a district located in the northwest zone of the Brazilian city of São Paulo, which became a district in 1948, in areas divided from Perus, Pirituba and the former sub-district of "Nossa Senhora do Ó".

The cost of the telephone line, to be acquired by would-be subscribers through the system of "expansion plans" managed by the Telebrás (a Brazilian state company, responsible for implementing the Public Telecommunications Policies in Brazil.system), however, that were not enough interested parties to start operating the service in the neighborhood.

It was only in 1984 that Jaraguá began to have automatic telephone service installed by TELESP (Telecommunications of São Paulo S/A), initially with 4,000 terminals that operated with the prefix 841.

[3] This viaduct facilitates the crossing of cars, buses, trucks and other transportation vehicles that previously needed to stop at the Jaraguá Station gate and obliged wait for passenger or freight trains to pass, causing traffic and many accidents with pedestrians.

Bill 384/2017, authored by councilor Fábio Riva, which creates the Jaraguá/Taipas Regional City Hall, is pending before the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo.

It is one of the neighborhoods bordering Rodovia dos Bandeirantes (SP-348 hallway) to the west, it is well served by small shops and bus lines through Alexios Jafet Avenue.

The southernmost part is home to middle-class and upper-middle-class residential condos, where also is housed a Military Police fire brigade.

The neighborhood gives access to the Jaraguá State Park, home to the highest point in the city of São Paulo.

Due to the distance from the center of Jaraguá, this neighborhood ended up growing more isolated and in 2013 the CPTM Vila Aurora station was inaugurated, being the second within the district.

The Jaraguá State Park is formed by remaining areas of the Atlantic Forest, since 1994 it integrates the called Green Belt of the city of São Paulo (which includes the Serra da Cantareira that borders the entire North Zone of São Paulo) which was recognized as Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.

In the Jaraguá State Park are located historical constructions as a rammed earth-made house that was the residence of Afonso Sardinha, one of the most famous Brazilian bandeirantes.