Ribeirão Grande

Ribeirão Grande
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location in São Paulo state
Ribeirão Grande Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 24°5′57″S 48°21′55″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Government
• Mayor	Eliana Santos (PSDB)
Area
• Total	333 km^2 (129 sq mi)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	7,679
• Density	23/km^2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Website	http://www.ribeiraogrande.sp.gov.br/

Ribeirão Grande is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 7,679 (2020 est.) in an area of 333 km².^[2] The elevation is 690 m.

The municipality contains part of the 488,865 hectares (1,208,010 acres) Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area, created in 1984.^[3] It contains the 3,095 hectares (7,650 acres) Xitué Ecological Station, created in 1987.^[4] It contains part of the 41,704 hectares (103,050 acres) Intervales State Park, created in 1995, including the park's headquarters.^[5]

Media

In telecommunications, the city was served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo.^[6] In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).^[7]

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
3. APA da Serra do Mar (APA) (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-12-08
4. Estação Ecológica de Xitué (in Portuguese), Intervales State Park, retrieved 2016-12-07
5. Furlan, Sueli Ângelo; Leite, Sandra Aparecida (2008), "Resumo Executivo", Parque Estadual Intervales: Plano de Manejo (PDF) (in Portuguese), Fundação Florestal, p. 33, retrieved 2016-12-06
6. "Creation of Telesp - April 12, 1973". www.imprensaoficial.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-06-14.
7. "Our History - Telefônica RI". Telefônica. Retrieved 2024-06-14.