Salesópolis is a municipality in the state of

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. It is part of the

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.Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011
/ref> The population is 17,252 (2020 est.) in an area of 424.997 km².Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> Salesópolis sits at an elevation of . It is noted for being the source of the

Tietê River The Tietê River (Portuguese, Rio Tietê, ) is a Brazilian river in the state of São Paulo. The name Tietê was registered for the first time on a map published in 1748 by d’Anville. The name signifies "The truthful river", or "truthful wa ...

. Salesópolis was founded in the 19th century as São José do Paraitinga, and later became the parish of Santana de Mogi das Cruzes in 1838. The parish was elevated to municipality status on March 24, 1857, but renamed Salesópolis in 1905 after a visit of the president of Brazil,

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(1841-1913). The Tietê River flows in the northern part of the municipality, and much of the southern part of the municipality is mountainous, heavily forested, and inaccessible. The

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(Mata Atlântica) of Salesópolis were largely destroyed in the late 19th and early 20th century, but 96 ha of the municipality are now protected as part of the

Boracéia Biological Station The Boracéia Biological Station ( pt, Estação Biológica de Boracéia) is field research center of the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo in Salesópolis in the state of São Paulo. Its mission is to carry out biological researc ...

, a unit of the

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established in 1954. Salesópolis is home to the ''

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'', a species of

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in the

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family. The species is listed as endangered on the

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Population history

References

External links

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