Ribeirão Grande
Ribeirão Grande is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 7,679 (2020 est.) in an area of 333 km².[2] The elevation is 690 m.
Ribeirão Grande | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in São Paulo state | |
  Ribeirão Grande Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 24°5′57″S 48°21′55″W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | São Paulo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eliana Santos (PSDB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 333 km2 (129 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 7,679 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-03:00 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-02:00 (BRST) |
| Website | http://www.ribeiraogrande.sp.gov.br/ |
The municipality contains part of the 488,865 hectares (1,208,010 acres) Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area, created in 1984.[3] It contains the 3,095 hectares (7,650 acres) Xitué Ecological Station, created in 1987.[4] It contains part of the 41,704 hectares (103,050 acres) Intervales State Park, created in 1995, including the park's headquarters.[5]
References
- IBGE 2020
- Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
- APA da Serra do Mar (APA) (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-12-08
- Estação Ecológica de Xitué (in Portuguese), Intervales State Park, retrieved 2016-12-07
- Furlan, Sueli Ângelo; Leite, Sandra Aparecida (2008), "Resumo Executivo", Parque Estadual Intervales: Plano de Manejo (PDF) (in Portuguese), Fundação Florestal, p. 33, retrieved 2016-12-06
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