Santa Branca 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 ...
. 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
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
. The population is 14,857 (2020 est.) in an area of 272.24 km
2. The elevation is 648 m. The Rodovia Governador Carvalho Pinto (
SP-070
Rodovia Ayrton Senna da Silva (officially designated SP-070 and formerly named Rodovia dos Trabalhadores) (Workers' Highway), is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
The highway begins in the Eastern region of city of São Paulo and end ...
) passes north of Santa Branca.
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 whe ...
river.
References
External links
* http://www.santabranca.sp.gov.br
*
citybrazil.com.br*
Municipalities in São Paulo (state)
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