Nazaré Paulista is a municipality in the state of
São Paulo in
Brazil. The population is 18,698 (2020 est.) in an area of 326.3 km².
[Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]
/ref> It is within the 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 ...
biome and is a major source of water for the city of São Paulo, hosting the Atibainha reservoir of the Cantareira System. Nazaré Paulista is also home to the nationally known conservation organization, th
Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research)
References
Municipalities in São Paulo (state)
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