Arujá

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Arujá
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View of downtown Arujá
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Arujá
Coordinates: 23°23′48″S46°19′16″W / 23.39667°S 46.32111°W / -23.39667; -46.32111
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Region Southeast
State São Paulo
Metropolitan Region São Paulo
Government
   Mayor Luis Antonio de Camargo (PSD)
Area
  Total96.17 km2 (37.13 sq mi)
Elevation
755 m (2,477 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1] )
  Total91,157
  Density950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)0,788 medium
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Residential street in Aruja, July 2011 110731 153154 avenida B pq barreto aruja.jpg
Residential street in Arujá, July 2011

Arujá is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. [2] The population is 91,157 (2020 est.) in an area of 96.17 km². [3] Its boundaries are Santa Isabel in the north and the northeast, Mogi das Cruzes in the southeast, Itaquaquecetuba in the south and Guarulhos to the west and the northwest.

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

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References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  3. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  4. Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental Bacia Hidrográfica do Paraíba do Sul (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-10-01