Miracatu 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 GaW ...
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 19,643 (2020 est.) in an area of 1001 km². The elevation is 27 m.
The municipality 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 contains a small part of the
Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station
The Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica da Juréia-Itatins) is an ecological station (ESEC) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It fully protects a well-preserved area of Atlantic Forest and associated ecosystems along t ...
, a strictly protected area of well-preserved
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...
created in 1986.
References
Municipalities in São Paulo (state)
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