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Pedro De Toledo, São Paulo
Pedro de Toledo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 11,421 (2020 est.) in an area of . History The municipality was created by state law in 1948. Geography The elevation of the municipal seat is . The southern part of the municipality is heavily forested and is part of the Serra do Mar mountain range. In the rest of the area there are farmlands and in the northern part there are hills and mountains. The neighboring municipality is Itanhaém to the east. The municipality contains part of the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area, created in 1984. It contains a small part of the Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station, a strictly protected area of well-preserved Atlantic Forest created in 1986. Media In telecommunications, the city was served by :pt:Companhia_de_Telecomunicações_do_Estado_de_São_Paulo, Companhia de Telecomunicações do Estado de São Paulo until 1975, when it began to be served by :pt:Telecomunica� ...
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Municipalities Of Brazil
The municipalities of Brazil () are administrative divisions of the states of Brazil, Brazilian states. Brazil currently has 5,571 municipalities, which, given the 2019 population estimate of 210,147,125, makes an average municipality population of 37,728 inhabitants. The average state in Brazil has 214 municipalities. Roraima is the least subdivided state, with 15 municipalities, while Minas Gerais is the most, with 853. Northern states are divided into small numbers of large municipalities (e.g. Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas is divided into only 62 municipalities), and therefore they cover large areas incorporating several separated towns or villages that do not necessarily conform to one single conurbation. Southern and eastern states on the other hand, are divided into many small municipalities (e.g. Minas Gerais), and therefore large urban areas usually extend over several municipalities which form one single conurbation. The Federal District (Brazil), Federal Distr ...
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Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ...
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List Of Municipalities In São Paulo
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of São Paulo (SP), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population .... São Paulo is divided into 645 municipalities, which, since 2017, have been grouped into 11 intermediate and 53 immediate regions. List See also * Geography of Brazil * List of cities in Brazil * List of municipalities in São Paulo by HDI References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of municipalities in Sao Paulo Sao Paulo * Municipalities ...
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Vivo (telecommunications Company)
Vivo ( Portuguese for 'Live', as in Live Broadcasting, or 'Alive'), known as Vivo Brazil, is a brand of Telefônica Brasil, a subsidiary of Telefónica and the largest telecommunications company in Brazil. It is headquartered in the Brooklin Novo neighborhood of São Paulo. History The company was originally formed as part of Telebrás, the state-owned telecom monopoly at the time. In 1998, Telebrás was demerged and privatized. Telefónica bought Telesp, the São Paulo division, and rebranded it to Telefónica. On 15 April 2012, all Telefónica services were rebranded again to Vivo, using the same strategy of unifying all its services in a unique brand, like Movistar (Hispanic America and Spain) and O2 (rest of Europe). Merged companies The following operators merged to form Vivo: ''Owned by Telefónica'' *Telefónica Celular (Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Rio Grande do Sul) *Telebahia Celular ( Bahia) *Telergipe Celular ( Sergipe) * Telesp Landline (São Paulo) ...
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Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station
The Jureia-Itatins Ecological Station () 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 the coastal plain and mountains of the south of the state, home to endangered species of mammals and birds. There is however, some threat from illegal gathering of heart of palm. Location The Jureia-Itatins Ecological Station (ESEC) is divided between the municipalities of Iguape (86.43%), Itariri (3.62%), Miracatu (5.59%), Peruíbe (4.19%) and Pedro de Toledo (0.17%) in the state of São Paulo. It covers an area of . The ESEC covers part of the coastal plain and mountains between Ilha Comprida to the southwest and Peruíbe to the east. It is east of the SP-322 highway and south of the BR-116 - BR-101 highway. The Despraiado Sustainable Development Reserve extends into the northwest part of the ESEC. The Prelado State Park on the coast adjoins the south part of the ESEC. The ...
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Serra Do Mar Environmental Protection Area
The Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area () 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 Mar range. Location The Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area is divided between the municipalities of Capão Bonito (5.23%), Eldorado (18.97%), Guapiara (0.08%), Ibiúna (0.48%), Iporanga (5.63%), Juquiá (16.76%), Juquitiba (2.4%), Miracatu (16.55%), Pedro de Toledo (2.43%), Ribeirão Grande (2.51%), Sete Barras (15.59%) and Tapiraí (13.38%) in the state of São Paulo. It has an area of . It is in the south of the state, and covers part of the Ribeira de Iguape River basin. It provides the main link between the Serra do Mar State Park and the other conservation units in the Vale do Ribeira. The APA is part of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve, recognized by UNESCO as the first such reserve in Brazil and one of the largest in the world to cover a forest area. H ...
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Itanhaém
Itanhaém is a municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of the Baixada Santista. The population is 103,102 (2020 est.) in an area of 601.85 km². The elevation is 4 m. Geography The name "Itanhaém" comes from the Tupi language, Tupi word ''wiktionary:itá, itá''-''wiktionary:nha'ẽ, nha'ẽ'', meaning the ''plate of rock''. Some other Tupinologists (people who study the ancient language Tupi, spoken by the natives back in the 16th century) believe itanhaém means, ita = rock - and nhaém = that cries; due to the rocky coast and the waves that constantly hit it. Itanhaém was among the greatest tour destinations in the State of São Paulo, in the late-1970s. Located in the Southeastern Brazil, the region is surrounded by the tropical Atlantic Forest that shelters many tropical animals such as colorful birds named Saíra (many subspecies) and animals such as Jaguar, Onças (Brazilian Jaguars), Coati, Quatis ...
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Serra Do Mar
The Serra do Mar (; ) is a system of mountain ranges and escarpments in Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeastern Brazil. Geography The Serra do Mar runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast from the state of Espírito Santo to southern Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina,Angulo, R. J., G. C. Lessa, M. C. de Souza (2009). ''The Holocene Barrier Systems of Paranaguá and Northern Santa Catarina Coasts, Southern Brazil.'' Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 107: 135-176. although some literature includes the Serra Geral in the Serra do Mar, in which case the range would extend to northeastern Rio Grande do Sul. The main escarpment forms the boundary between the sea-level littoral and the inland plateau (''Brazilian Highlands, planalto''), which has a mean altitude of . This escarpment is part of the Great Escarpment, Brazil, Great Escarpment that runs along much of the eastern coast of Brazil south from the city of Salvador, Bahia. Mountain ranges The mountain ranges are disconti ...
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Estado De São Paulo (Brasil) 1950, Acervo Do Museu Paulista Da USP
''O Estado de S. Paulo'' (; ), also known as ''Estadão'' (; ), is a daily newspaper published in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest newspaper in Brazil, and its format changed from broadsheet to berliner on October 17, 2021. It has the second-largest circulation in the city of São Paulo, behind only ''Folha de S. Paulo''. The journal was founded on 4 January 1875, and was first called ''A Província de São Paulo'' (). ''O Estado de S. Paulo'' is described by observers as having a right-wing, conservative editorial stance. It is considered a newspaper of record for Brazil. History The term ''Província'' ("Province") was preserved until January 1890, one month after the fall of the monarchy and the subsequent republican regime in Brazil. Although the newspaper supported the change, it showed that it was completely independent, refusing to serve the interests of the ascendant Republican Party of São Paulo. When the then editor in chief Francisco Rangel Pestana l ...
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