Arujá

Municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
Place in Southeast, Brazil
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Location of Arujá
Location of Arujá
23°23′48″S 46°19′16″W / 23.39667°S 46.32111°W / -23.39667; -46.32111Country BrazilRegionSoutheastStateSão PauloMetropolitan RegionSão PauloGovernment
 • MayorLuis Antonio de Camargo (PSD)Area
 • Total96.17 km2 (37.13 sq mi)Elevation
755 m (2,477 ft)Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total91,157 • Density950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)HDI (2000)0,788 mediumWebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Residential street in Arujá, July 2011

Arujá is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.[2] The population is 91,157 (2020 est.) in an area of 96.17 km².[3] Its boundaries are Santa Isabel in the north and the northeast, Mogi das Cruzes in the southeast, Itaquaquecetuba in the south and Guarulhos to the west and the northwest.

The municipality contains part of the 292,000 hectares (720,000 acres) Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraíba do Sul river.[4]

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  3. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  4. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental Bacia Hidrográfica do Paraíba do Sul (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-10-01

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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Arujá.
  • Guia de Arujá (in Portuguese)
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