Areias,_São_Paulo

Areias, São Paulo

Areias, São Paulo

Municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Areias is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.[3] The population is 3,896 (2020 est.) in an area of 305.23 km2.[4] The elevation is 509 m.

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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.[5]

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Demographics

According to the 2000 IBGE Census, the population was 3,600, of which 2,452 were urban and 1,148 are rural. The average life expectancy for the municipality was 65.57 years. The literacy rate was at 84.97%.

References

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    IBGE 2020
  2. [2]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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    Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, Lei Complementar Nº 1.166
  4. [4]
    Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  5. [5]
    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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