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Navegantes, a city of 51 thousand,1 is centered on the island of the same name but extends to the mainland and to other small islands, in Santa Catarina state, South Region, Brasil (Brazil). Perhaps the tallest building is San Maryno Residence (135 feet, 2014).2 The area is served by Ministro Victor Konder International Airport, one of the nation's busiest.3
1. 2006 figure from the side banner of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navegantes, accessed August 31, 2015.
2. It is the only conventional building mentioned for the city in emporis.com, accessed May 19, 2016. The site also mentions a transmission mast that is 164 feet high.
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Brazil, accessed August 31, 2015. Selection criterion: those with over one million passengers in 2015.