Place:Monteiro Lobato, São Paulo, Brazil

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NameMonteiro Lobato
Alt namesBuquirasource: Family History Library Catalog
Vila das Palmeirassource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates22.967°S 45.833°W
Located inSão Paulo, Brazil
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Monteiro Lobato 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. The population is 4,696 (2020 est.) in an area of .

The municipality was named in honor of Brazilian writer José Bento Monteiro Lobato, who was born in the nearby city of Taubaté, and had a farm in the area of the municipality.

The municipality contains part of the Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraíba do Sul river.

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