Santa Teresa is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the

Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which ...

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

. Its population was 23,724 (2020) and its area is 695 km². The municipality contains the

Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi) is a Federal biological reserve in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It holds dense rainforest of the Atlantic Forest biome. History The reserve covers in the Atlan ...

, a fully protected area.

Residents

Anderson Varejão Anderson França Varejão (; born September 28, 1982) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 13 of those with the Cleveland Cavaliers. With a career that spanned ...

of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers is originally from Santa Teresa.

References

Municipalities in Espírito Santo {{EspiritoSanto-geo-stub