Jacupiranga
Coat of arms of Jacupiranga
Location in São Paulo  state
Location in São Paulo state
Jacupiranga is located in Brazil
Jacupiranga
Jacupiranga
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 24°41′33″S 48°0′8″W / 24.69250°S 48.00222°W / -24.69250; -48.00222
CountryBrazil
RegionSoutheast
StateSão Paulo
Area
  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]

See also

References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  3. 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
  4. "Penelope Merrem 1786 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.