Statistics
State:	São Paulo São Paulo (state) São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
Microrregions:	N/A
Founded:	1785
Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat... :	1,407.1 km²
Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... :	22,889 (2004) Ranked 223rd
Population density Population density Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans... :	16.21/km²
Elevation Elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface .... :	950 m
Postal code:	12530-xxx
Area/distance code:	(00)55-12
Website:	www.cunha.sp.gov.br
Population Statistics
Urban:	11,134 or 48.22%
Rural:	11,926 or 51.69%

Cunha is a city in the state of São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

 in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. The population in 2003 is 22,975, its density is 16.33/km² and the area is 1,407 km². The first inhabitants arrived in the beginning of the 18th century. The municipality was founded in 1785, it was elevated to a city in 1858. Since 1975 Cunha has become an important center of stoneware ceramics

Ceramic art

In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...

, with 5 Noborigama wood fired kilns and 16 ceramics studios in all. The city is visited for ceramics, a pleasant climate, natural parks and gastronomy

Gastronomy

Gastronomy is the art or science of food eating. Also, it can be defined as the study of food and culture, with a particular focus on gourmet cuisine...

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Population history

Year	Population	Change	Density
2001	23,090	-	16.41/km²
2003	22,975	-	16.33/km²
2004	22,889	-	16.27/km²

Demographics

According to the 2000 IBGE

IBGE

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...

 Census, the population was 23,090, of which 11,134 or 48.22% are urban and 11,936 or (51.69%) are rural. Its life expectancy for the city was 71.69 years. The fertility rate was at 2.41.

External links

http://www.cunha.sp.gov.br citybrazil.com.br Cunha on Explorevale http://cunhaceramica.info

Northwest: Guaratinguetá	North: Lorena and Silveiras Silveiras Silveiras is a municipality in São Paulo State, Brazil. The population in 2004 was 5,616, the density was 13.51/km² and the area is 415.74 km². The elevation is 615 m.-External links: http://www.silveiras.sp.gov.br...	Northeast: Areias Areias, São Paulo Areias is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2003 is 3,697, its density is 12.04 /km² and the area is 307 km². The elevation is 509 m.-Population history:-Demographics:...
West: Lagoinha Lagoinha Lagoinha is a municipality/county in the microrregion of Paraibuna/Paraitinga in the eastern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population in 2004 is 5,122, the density is 19.95/km² and the area is 256.68 km². The elevation is 913 m....	Cunha	East: São José do Barreiro São José do Barreiro São José do Barreiro is a municipality/county in the microrregion of Bananal in the eastern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil bordering with state of Rio de Janeiro to the north and south. The population in 2004 was 4,251, the density was 7.37/km² and the area is 571 km²...  and Parati, RJ
Southwest: São Luís do Paraitinga	South: Ubatuba	Southeast: Parati, RJ