Ilha Comprida

Coordinates: 24°44′28″S 47°32′24″W / 24.74111°S 47.54000°W / -24.74111; -47.54000
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Ilha Comprida
From the top, from left to right: View of the horizon; panoramic view of part of the island; Boqueirão Sul beach; sunrise; local market; photos of the Araça Dunes in three different moments/angles.
Flag of Ilha Comprida
Coat of arms of Ilha Comprida
Location in São Paulo state
Location in São Paulo state
Ilha Comprida is located in Brazil
Ilha Comprida
Ilha Comprida
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 24°44′28″S 47°32′24″W / 24.74111°S 47.54000°W / -24.74111; -47.54000
CountryBrazil
RegionSoutheast
StateSão Paulo
Area
 • Total196.567 km2 (75.895 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 [1])
 • Total13,419
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Ilha Comprida (Portuguese for "Long Island") is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Stretching southwest along the Atlantic coast of the state, it is coextensive with the barrier island of Ilha Comprida, the longest of its kind in the state (74 kilometres [46 mi]). The municipality was founded in 1993 after the merger of the parts of Ilha Comprida that belonged to the city of Cananéia with the sections of the island that were administered by the city of Iguape.[2]

The Ilha Comprida has an average annual temperature of 24 °C. The population is 13,419 (2022) in an area of 196.567km2.[3] The island is covered by the Ilha Comprida Environmental Protection Area, which defines zoning and allowable land use in an effort to reduce environmental damage from human occupation.[4] The municipality contains 55% of the 455-hectare (1,120-acre) Guará Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 2008.[5] It is part of the Iguape-Cananéia-Paranaguá estuary lagoon complex.[6]

Due to its importance and because it is completely located in an environmental protection area, Ilha Comprida was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. It preserves the last dunes in the state.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ IBGE, history
  3. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  4. ^ Lima, Cibele Oliveira; Oliveira, Regina Célia de (2013), A criação da APA de Ilha Comprida e seus desdobramentos no atual processo de desenvolvimento local (PDF), retrieved 2016-11-20
  5. ^ ARIE Guará (ARIE) (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-26
  6. ^ "CICLOTURISMO Lagamar - Ilha Comprida, Ilha de Cananéia, Ilha do Cardoso, Ilha de Superagui, Ilha das Peças e Ilha do Mel", Malucos por Aventura, retrieved 2016-11-26
  7. ^ "Ilha Comprida guarda mistérios e as últimas dunas do Estado de SP". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

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