Santa Isabel, São Paulo
| Santa Isabel | |||
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An aerial view of Santa Isabel | |||
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| Nickname(s): Paraíso da Grande São Paulo ("Greater São Paulo's paradise") | |||
 Location of Santa Isabel | |||
| Coordinates: 23°18′57″S 46°13′15″W / 23.31583°S 46.22083°W | |||
| Country |
 Brazil | ||
| Region | Southeast | ||
| State |
 São Paulo | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Padre Gabriel (PV) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 361.494 km2 (139.574 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007)[1] | |||
| • Total | 54.363 | ||
| • Density | 123.98/km2 (321.1/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) | ||
| HDI (2000) | 0,766 medium | ||
| Website | Santa Isabel City Hall | ||
Coordinates: 23°18′57″S 46°13′15″W / 23.31583°S 46.22083°W
Santa Isabel (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ jzɐˈbɛw]) is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2014 was 54.363 and the area is 362.4 km². The elevation is 655 m. It is located 60 miles east of the downtown of the city of São Paulo.
History
The town of Santa Isabel was named after a Portuguese queen, Isabel or Elizabeth of Aragon (b. 1271- d. 1336), who was canonized by Pope Urban VIII in 1625. The town was founded in the 18th century, when Brazil was still a colony of Portugal.
Geography and ecology
Santa Isabel belongs to the Guarulhos macro region, thus it is part of the Greater São Paulo region as well. The municipality lies in the basins of the Rio Jaguari and the Rio Paraíba do Sul and 84% of the municipality is protected by environmental laws because of its significance as a potable water source [2]
The area suffered ecologically from unauthorized uses and in 1996 the Ibirapitanga Reserve on the Rio dos Pilões was created to preserve one of the last stands of Brazilian Atlantic forest and to permit managed urban growth.[2]
References
- ↑ "Estimativas - Contagem da População 2007". IBGE. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Reserva Ibirapitanga - Histórico (Ibirapitanga Reserve - History)" (in Portuguese). Associação dos Proprietários em Reserva Ibirapitanga (APRI).
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ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Estimativas_de_Populacao/Estimativas_2014/estimativa_dou_2014.pdf