Piquete

Piquete
Piquete
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in São Paulo state
	Piquete Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 22°36′50″S 45°10′33″W / 22.61389°S 45.17583°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast Brazil
State	São Paulo
Metropolitan Region	Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
Area
• Total	176.00 km2 (67.95 sq mi)
Elevation	645 m (2,116 ft)
Population (2020 )
• Total	13,575
• Density	77.131/km2 (199.77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Country

Elevation

645 m (2,116 ft)

Piquete 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.^[2] The population is 13,575 (2020 est.) in an area of 176.00 km².^[3] The elevation is 645 m.

The municipality contains part of the 292,000-hectare (720,000-acre) Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraíba do Sul river.^[4]

See also

Piquete
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location in São Paulo state
Piquete Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 22°36′50″S 45°10′33″W / 22.61389°S 45.17583°W / -22.61389; -45.17583
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast Brazil
State	São Paulo
Metropolitan Region	Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
Area
• Total	176.00 km² (67.95 sq mi)
Elevation	645 m (2,116 ft)
Population (2020 ^[1])
• Total	13,575
• Density	77.131/km² (199.77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)