Jaguariúna 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 ...

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 ...

. It is part of the

Metropolitan Region of Campinas The Metropolitan Region of Campinas ( pt, Região Metropolitana de Campinas) is an administrative division of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It was created in 2000, and consists of the following municipalities: *Americana *Artur Nogueira *Camp ...

. The population is 58,722 (2020 est.) in an area of 141.39 km².Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> The elevation is 584 m. This place name comes from the

Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the aboriginal Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. It belongs to the ...

and means the river of the black

Jaguar The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus '' Panthera'' native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the th ...

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Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub