Capão Bonito is a municipality in the state of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. The population is 47,118 (2020 est.) in an area of 1640 km².
[Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]
/ref> The elevation is 705 m.
The municipality contains part of the Carlos Botelho State Park
The Carlos Botelho State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho) is a state park is the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
It protects a mountainous area of Atlantic Forest. The park contains more than half of Brazil's remaining population of endanger ...
, created in 1982.
It contains part of the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area
The Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Serra do Mar) is an environmental protection area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It controls land use in an extensive area of Atlantic Forest in the Serra do ...
, created in 1984.
It also contains the Nascentes do Paranapanema State Park, created in 2012.
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