Município da Estância Turística de Bananal is a city in the state of

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

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. It is part of the

Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte Metropolitan may refer to: Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical) * Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop ** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see" * Metropolitan ar ...

. The population is 10,993 (2020 est.) in an area of .Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
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Geography

It borders three cities of

Rio de Janeiro state Rio de Janeiro () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of ...

(

Barra Mansa Barra Mansa is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is in the microregion of the Paraíba Valley, within the mesoregion of the South Fluminense. It is located at latitude 22º32'39 "south, longitude 44º10'17" wes ...

to the north,

Rio Claro Rio Claro ( Portuguese and Spanish for "clear river" or "clean river") may refer to: Cities and communes * Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago, the largest town in southeastern Trinidad and Tobago * Rio Claro, Rio de Janeiro, a Brazilian municipality i ...

to the east and

Angra dos Reis Angra dos Reis (; Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''cove'' or ''bay of the Kings'') is a List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro, municipality located in the southern part of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro. Th ...

to the south), as well as

São José do Barreiro São José do Barreiro (''São José'' in Portuguese means Saint Joseph) is a municipality in the eastern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 4,144 (2020 est.) in an area of 570.69 km2. Geography São José do Barreiro is ...

and

Arapeí Arapeí is a Brazilian municipality of the eastern part of the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 2,460 (2020 est.) in an area of 156.90 km². Its bordering cities ...

(both in São Paulo) to the west. It is the easternmost municipality in Sâo Paulo state. It features a historical railway station imported from Belgium in 1888 and the

Pharmácia Popular Pharmácia Popular (''People's Pharmacy'', English literal) was a pharmacy museum located in town of Bananal in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It was considered the oldest pharmacy in Brazil, founded in 1830 under the name ''Imperial Pharmacy ...

museum. The municipality contains part of the

Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area The Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area () is an environmental protection area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Location The Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area has an area of about . I ...

, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the

Paraíba do Sul The Paraíba do Sul (), or simply 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 when it m ...

river. It also contains the

Bananal Ecological Station The Bananal Ecological Station () is an Ecological station in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Location The Bananal Ecological Station is in the municipality of Bananal, São Paulo. It has an area of . It is in a region of the Serra da Bocaina ...

, created in 1987.

Media

In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia de Telecomunicações do Estado de São Paulo until 1975, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo. In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).

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Municipalities in Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte Populated places established in 1783 {{MesoregionSãoJosédosCampos-geo-stub

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