Ribeirão Grande

Ribeirão Grande
Municipality

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Location in São Paulo state
Ribeirão Grande
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 24°5′57″S 48°21′55″W / 24.09917°S 48.36528°W / -24.09917; -48.36528Coordinates: 24°5′57″S 48°21′55″W / 24.09917°S 48.36528°W / -24.09917; -48.36528
Country  Brazil
Region Southeast Region
State São Paulo
Government
 • Mayor Eliana Santos (PSDB)
Area
 • Total 333 km2 (129 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 7,682
 • Density 23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)
Website http://www.ribeiraogrande.sp.gov.br/

Ribeirão Grande is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 7,682 (2015 est.) in an area of 333 km².[1] The elevation is 690 m.

The municipality contains part of the 488,865 hectares (1,208,010 acres) Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area, created in 1984.[2] It contains the 3,095 hectares (7,650 acres) Xitué Ecological Station, created in 1987.[3] It contains part of the 41,704 hectares (103,050 acres) Intervales State Park, created in 1995, including the park's headquarters.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  2. ↑ APA da Serra do Mar (APA) (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-12-08
  3. ↑ Estação Ecológica de Xitué (in Portuguese), Intervales State Park, retrieved 2016-12-07
  4. ↑ 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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