Monteiro Lobato, São Paulo

Monteiro Lobato is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.[2] The population is 4,696 (2020 est.) in an area of 332.74 km2 (128.47 sq mi).[3]

Monteiro Lobato
Municipality
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Location in São Paulo state
Monteiro Lobato
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 22°57′24″S 45°50′23″W
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast Brazil
StateSão Paulo
Metropolitan RegionVale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
Area
  Total332.74 km2 (128.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 [1])
  Total4,696
  Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (BRT)
  Summer (DST)UTC-2 (BRST)

The municipality was named in honor of Brazilian writer José Bento Monteiro Lobato, who was born in the nearby city of Taubaté, and had a farm in the area of the municipality.

The municipality contains part of the 292,000 hectares (720,000 acres) Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraíba do Sul river.[4]

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