Juquitiba

Municipality in Southeast Brazil, Brazil

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Coat of arms

Location in São Paulo state

23°55′55″S 47°4′7″W / 23.93194°S 47.06861°W / -23.93194; -47.06861Country

BrazilRegionSoutheast BrazilStateSão PauloMetropolitan RegionSão PauloArea

• Total522.17 km² (201.61 sq mi)Population

(2020 ^[1])

• Total31,646 • Density61/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)Websitewww.juquitiba.sp.gov.br

Juquitiba is a suburban municipality in the southeastern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.^[2] The population is 31,646 (2020 est.) in an area of 522.17 km².^[3] This name comes from the Tupi language. The southern part of the municipality is heavily forested with the Serra do Mar mountain range, the central and the northern parts are predominantly hilly.

The municipality contains part of the 488,865 hectares (1,208,010 acres) Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area, created in 1984.^[4]

Population history

Year	Population
2003	28,458
2004	29,789
2015	30,642

Tourism

Tourism is a strong point of Juquitiba. Just 70 km from the state capital, offers contact with the animals and plants of the Atlantic forest. It offers various adventure sports like river rafting Juquiá, for example, along with numerous trails and waterfalls. The county contains hostels, campsites and fishing to leisure and hospitality.

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ "Lei Complementar 1139/11 | Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011, Governo do Estado de São Paulo". Jusbrasil. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
^ "Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística". Retrieved September 9, 2019.
^ APA da Serra do Mar (APA) (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-12-08

External links

Media related to Juquitiba at Wikimedia Commons

(in Portuguese) Prefeitura Municipal de Juquitiba

State of São Paulo, Brazil

Government	Governors Senators
Transport	Highway system List of highways
Education	Universities

Sports

Auto racing	Interlagos Circuit Ayrton Senna
Football	FPF Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Série A2 Série A3 Segunda Divisão Copa Paulista Corinthians Guarani Palmeiras Ponte Preta Portuguesa Red Bull Bragantino Santos São Paulo São Caetano Santo André

Cities of São Paulo by population

Capital	São Paulo
1,000,000+	Campinas Guarulhos
500,000+	Osasco Ribeirão Preto Santo André São Bernardo do Campo São José dos Campos Sorocaba
200,000+	Americana Araraquara Barueri Bauru Carapicuíba Cotia Diadema Embu das Artes Franca Guarujá Hortolândia Indaiatuba Itapevi Itaquaquecetuba Jacareí Jundiaí Limeira Marília Mauá Mogi das Cruzes Piracicaba Praia Grande Presidente Prudente Santos São Carlos São José do Rio Preto São Vicente Sumaré Suzano Taboão da Serra Taubaté
100,000+	Araçatuba Araras Assis Atibaia Barretos Birigui Botucatu Bragança Paulista Catanduva Cubatão Ferraz de Vasconcelos Francisco Morato Franco da Rocha Guaratinguetá Itapecerica da Serra Itapetininga Itu Jandira Jaú Mogi Guaçu Ourinhos Paulínia Pindamonhangaba Poá Ribeirão Pires Rio Claro Salto Santa Bárbara d'Oeste Santana de Parnaíba São Caetano do Sul Sertãozinho Tatuí Valinhos Várzea Paulista Votorantim

Mesoregion

Metropolitana de São Paulo
Franco da Rocha	Caieiras Francisco Morato Franco da Rocha Mairiporã
Guarulhos	Arujá Guarulhos Santa Isabel
Itapecerica da Serra	Cotia Embu das Artes Embu-Guaçu Itapecerica da Serra Juquitiba São Lourenço da Serra Taboão da Serra Vargem Grande Paulista
Mogi das Cruzes	Biritiba-Mirim Ferraz de Vasconcelos Guararema Itaquaquecetuba Mogi das Cruzes Poá Salesópolis Suzano
Osasco	Barueri Cajamar Carapicuíba Itapevi Jandira Osasco Pirapora do Bom Jesus Santana de Parnaíba
Santos	Bertioga Cubatão Guarujá Praia Grande Santos São Vicente
São Paulo	Diadema Mauá Ribeirão Pires Rio Grande da Serra Santo André São Bernardo do Campo São Caetano do Sul São Paulo