Jacupiranga

Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

Coat of arms

Location in São Paulo state

24°41′33″S 48°0′8″W / 24.69250°S 48.00222°W / -24.69250; -48.00222CountryBrazilRegionSoutheastStateSão PauloArea

• Total704 km² (272 sq mi)Population

(2020 ^[1])

• Total17,889 • Density25/km² (66/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Jacupiranga is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 17,889 (2020 est.) in an area of 704 km².^[2] The elevation is 33 m.

The municipality contains part of the 182,596 hectares (451,200 acres) Rio Turvo State Park, created in 2008.^[3]

Toponym

"Jacupiranga" is a Tupi term that means "red guan", through the combination of the terms ya'ku ("guan") and pyrang ("red").The guans are birds of the genus Penelope, from the Cracidae family.^[4]

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
^ Zanchetta, Inês; Bedeschi, Luciana (28 February 2008), Mosaico do Jacupiranga, no Vale do Ribeira, agora é lei (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, archived from the original on 2016-11-21, retrieved 2016-11-20
^ "Penelope Merrem 1786 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-07-04.