Pedra Bela
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Pedra Bela | |
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 View of Pedra Bela | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in São Paulo state | |
  Pedra Bela Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 22°47′35″S 46°26′36″W / 22.79306°S 46.44333°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | São Paulo |
| Area | |
• Total | 159 km2 (61 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 6,110 |
| • Density | 38.4/km2 (99.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Pedra Bela is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 6,110 (2020 est.) in an area of 159 km2.[2] The elevation is 1,120 m.
Pedra do Santuário (Sanctuary Rock) is Pedra Bela's main tourist attractions. It features a small chapel[3] at its top and the remains of a trench used by Paulista troops as an observation post overseeing the border with Minas Gerais state during Brazil's Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932.
Pedra do Santuário also features one of Brazil's - and the world's - longest zipline[4][5], 'Mega Tirolesa', with close to 2 kilometers in length, from the rock's top to the foot of the hill where the city is located.
