Euclides da Cunha Paulista

Municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
22°33′41″S 52°35′25″W / 22.56139°S 52.59028°W / -22.56139; -52.59028CountryBrazilRegionSoutheastStateSão PauloArea
 • Total574 km2 (222 sq mi)Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total9,325 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Euclides da Cunha Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is named after Euclides da Cunha, a Brazilian writer. The population is 9,325 (2020 est.) in an area of 574 km².[2] The elevation is 265 m.

The municipality contains 30% of the 6,677 hectares (16,500 acres) Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station, established in 2002.[3] It also contains part of the 246,800 hectares (610,000 acres) Great Pontal Reserve, created in 1942.[4]

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  3. ^ ESEC Mico Leão Preto (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-06
  4. ^ Pontal do Paranapanema (in Portuguese), IBAMA: Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, retrieved 2016-11-13
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