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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:	Paraibuna/Paraitinga
Founded:	1773
Location Location (geography) The terms location and place in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term 'location' generally implies a higher degree of can certainty than "place" which often has an ambiguous boundary relying more on human/social attributes of place identity... :	23.22/23°13'18" S, 45.305/45°18'26" W
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... :	618.62 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... :	10.397 (2004)
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... :	17.28/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 .... :	761 m
Postal code:	12140-xxx
Area/distance code:	(00))55-12
Website:	www.saoluizdoparaitinga.sp.gov.br

São Luiz do Paraitinga (first part, Portuguese

Portuguese language

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 for Saint Louis

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, last part Tupi clear water) is a municipality (município) in the eastern part of 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

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. The population in 2004 was 10,689, the density was 17.28/km² and the area is 618.62 km². The elevation is 730 m. This place name Paraitinga comes from the Tupi language (Parahytinga) meaning clear water

Water

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).

The superhighway linking the cities of São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

 and Rio de Janeiro

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 is near this municipality. The southern part of the municipality are heavily forested and are part of the Serra do Mar

Serra do Mar

Serra do Mar is a 1,500 km long system of mountain ranges and escarpments in Southeastern Brazil, which runs in parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast from the state of Espírito Santo to southern Santa Catarina, although some include Serra Geral in the Serra do Mar, in which case this range...

 mountain range. The rest of the area are farmlands and the northern part are hilly and mountainous.

History

The city was founded in 1769 and became a municipality in 1773. It became a city in 1875. The city became a touristic area by the municipality (State Law # 11,197 of July 5, 2002).

On January 1, 2010, the Paraitinga river (Rio Paraitinga) flooded much of the lower elevation areas of the town. Numerous historical buildings were destroyed with many more damaged and which may be unsalvageable. The church in the central square collapsed during the flood. It had been built in the early nineteenth century and served as the symbol of São Luíz do Paraitinga. The church's destruction, as well as the flooding, was recorded by several people.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kktakXWDRZAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87nmrDa9o8w

External links

http://www.saoluizdoparaitinga.sp.gov.br citybrazil.com.br São Luiz do Paraitinga on Explorevale

Northwest: Taubaté Taubaté Taubaté is a city in the State of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. Its strategic geographical location, between the two most important Brazilian cities , being crossed by Presidente Dutra Highway which connects the two megacities, and between high, cold mountains and the Atlantic Ocean has...	North: 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....	Northeast: Cunha Cunha, São Paulo Cunha is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. 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...
West: Redenção da Serra Redenção da Serra Redenção da Serra is a municipality in the eastern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 4,067, the density was 13.12/km² and the area is 209.87 km². The elevation is 730 m....	São Luiz do Paraitinga	East: Cunha and Ubatuba
Southwest: Natividade da Serra Natividade da Serra Natividade da Serra is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 7,205 and the area is 834.69 km². The elevation is 720 m. The southern part is heavily forested and mountainous and there are few roads and tracks into the mountain...	South: Natividade da Serra Natividade da Serra Natividade da Serra is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 7,205 and the area is 834.69 km². The elevation is 720 m. The southern part is heavily forested and mountainous and there are few roads and tracks into the mountain...  and Ubatuba	Southeast: Ubatuba