Caieiras is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The Wikipedia lead gives its population as 102,775 in a 2020 estimate over an area of 97.64 km2, while the 2022 census table of citypopulation.de counts 95,032 inhabitants in the municipality. Because of its large reforestation area the municipality is known as the City of the Pines. It contains part of the 7,917 hectare Cantareira State Park, created in 1962, which protects a large part of the water supply of metropolitan São Paulo. The municipality is served by CPTM Line 7, the Ruby line of the commuter rail network, which links it to the capital region.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: São Paulo municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, 2022 censusQuote, Municipalities table, 2022 census
Caieiras Municipality 71,221 86,529 95,032
2. GeoNames: GeoNames place record for Caieiras
GeoNamesCoordinates
Coordinates -23.36417, -46.74056
Elevation (band: lowland under 500 m, highland from 500 m)
Elevation ca. 793 m
Timezone
Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
View the Source 3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell -23.25 N/S -46.75 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinatesQuote, Grid cell -23.25 N/S -46.75 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinates
-23.25 -46.75 Cfa
Caieiras (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Brazil, Lead
is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
On Continent: South America, Lead
is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Lead
is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
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