Presidente Epitácio

Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

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Location in São Paulo state

21°45′53″S 52°6′19″W / 21.76472°S 52.10528°W / -21.76472; -52.10528CountryBrazilRegionSoutheastStateSão PauloArea

• Total1,260 km² (490 sq mi)Elevation

310 m (1,020 ft)Population

(2020 ^[1])

• Total44,389 • Density35/km² (91/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-03:00 (BRT) • Summer (DST)UTC-02:00 (BRST)

Presidente Epitácio is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The town is named after Epitácio Pessoa. The population is 44,389 (2020 est.) in an area of 1260 km².^[2] The elevation is 310 m. It is situated on the Paraná River, which forms the border with Mato Grosso do Sul here.

The municipality contains the 937 hectares (2,320 acres) Lagoa São Paulo Reserve.^[3] It contains part of the 246,800 hectares (610,000 acres) Great Pontal Reserve, created in 1942.^[4] It also contains 11% of the 6,677 hectares (16,500 acres) Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station, established in 2002.^[5]

References

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