Silveiras is a municipality in
São Paulo State
SAO or Sao may refer to:
Places
* Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD
* Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso
* Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S. ...
,
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 Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
Metropolitan may refer to:
* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
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* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
. The population is 6,339 (2020 est.) in an area of 414.78 km². The elevation is 615 m.
The municipality contains part of the
, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the
Paraíba do Sul
The Paraíba do Sul (), or simply termed Paraíba, is a river in southeast Brazil. It flows west to northeast from its farthest source at the source of the river Paraitinga to the sea near Campos dos Goytacazes. The river receives its name when ...
river.
References
External links
* http://www.silveiras.sp.gov.br
*
Silveiras on citybrazil.com.br*
Municipalities in São Paulo (state)
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