São José do Barreiro

São José do Barreiro (São José in Portuguese means Saint Joseph) is a municipality in the eastern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 4,144 (2020 est.) in an area of 570.69 km².^[2]

São José do Barreiro
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location in São Paulo state
São José do Barreiro Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 22°38′41″S 44°34′40″W / 22.64472°S 44.57778°W / -22.64472; -44.57778
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Microregion	Bananal
Metrop. region	Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
Area
• Total	570.69 km^2 (220.34 sq mi)
Population  (2020 ^[1])
• Total	4,144
• Density	7.3/km^2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code	12510-xxx
Area code	+55-16
Website	www.saojosedobarreiro.sp.gov.br

Location

São José do Barreiro is in the microregion of Bananal. Both to the north and south it borders the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.^[3] 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.^[4] The southern part of the municipality is part of the Serra da Bocaina National Park. Its main industries are cattle and tourism.

Population history

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2003	4,208	—
2004	4,251	+1.0%
2015	4,185	−1.6%

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
3. Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, Lei Complementar Nº 1.166
4. Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental Bacia Hidrográfica do Paraíba do Sul (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-10-01

External links

• (in Portuguese) http://www.saojosedobareiro.sp.gov.br
• (in Portuguese) citybrazil.com.br
• (in Portuguese)
• (in Portuguese) Guia Vale do Paraíba - O que fazer em São José do Barreiro