Iporanga

Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

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Location in São Paulo state

24°35′08″S 48°35′35″W / 24.58556°S 48.59306°W / -24.58556; -48.59306CountryBrazilRegionSoutheastStateSão PauloArea

• Total1,152 km² (445 sq mi)Elevation

81 m (266 ft)Population

(2020 ^[1])

• Total4,199 • Density3.6/km² (9.4/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Iporanga is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 4,199 (2020 est.) in an area of 1152 km².^[2] The elevation is 81 m.

Iporanga contains parts of the Alto Ribeira and Baixo Ribeira sub-basins of the Ribeira de Iguape River basin.^[3] The municipality contains part of the 488,865 hectares (1,208,010 acres) Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area, created in 1984.^[4] It contains part of the 41,704 hectares (103,050 acres) Intervales State Park, created in 1995.^[5] It contains part of the 40,175 hectares (99,270 acres) Caverna do Diabo State Park, created in 2008.^[6] It contains 55% of the 64,625 hectares (159,690 acres) Quilombos do Médio Ribeira Environmental Protection Area, established in 2008.^[7]

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
^ Almeida, Camilo Aparecido (26 January 2012), "Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Ribeira de Iguape", O Vale do Ribeira, retrieved 2016-11-21
^ APA da Serra do Mar (APA) (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-12-08
^ Furlan, Sueli Ângelo; Leite, Sandra Aparecida (2008), "Resumo Executivo", Parque Estadual Intervales: Plano de Manejo (PDF) (in Portuguese), Fundação Florestal, p. 33, retrieved 2016-12-06
^ Parque Estadual Caverna do Diabo (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-21
^ APA dos Quilombos do Médio Ribeira, ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-21