Country Brazil State São Paulo Area 332.7 km² Local time Friday 10:28 PM | Region Southeast Brazil Time zone BRT (UTC-3) Population 4,467 (2015) | |
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Metropolitan Region Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte Weather 22°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 87% Humidity | ||
Monteiro Lobato 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. The population is 4,467 (2015 est.) in an area of 332.74 km2 (128.47 sq mi).
Map of Monteiro Lobato, State of S%C3%A3o Paulo, Brazil
The municipality was named in honor of Brazilian writer José Bento Monteiro Lobato, who was born in the nearby city of Taubaté, and had a farm in the area of the municipality.
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.
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Monteiro Lobato, São Paulo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA