Monteiro Lobato, São Paulo
Municipality in Southeast Brazil, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Monteiro Lobato | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 22°57′24″S 45°50′23″W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast Brazil |
State | São Paulo |
Metropolitan Region | Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte |
Area | |
• Total | 332.74 km2 (128.47 sq mi) |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 4,696 |
• Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
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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]
- Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental Bacia Hidrográfica do Paraíba do Sul (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-10-01
- (in Portuguese) Monteiro Lobato on Explorevale
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