Paulo Lopes

Paulo Lopes
Municipality
The Municipality of Paulo Lopes
Seal
Location of Paulo Lopes in Santa Catarina state
Coordinates: 27°57′43″S 48°41′02″W / 27.96194°S 48.68389°WCoordinates: 27°57′43″S 48°41′02″W / 27.96194°S 48.68389°W
Country	Brazil
Region	South
State	Santa Catarina
Founded	December 21, 1961
Government
• Mayor	Evandro João dos Santos (PMDB)
Area
• Total	450.372 km^2 (173.890 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	6,808
• Density	15/km^2 (39/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2000)	0.759 – medium[2]

Paulo Lopes is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.^[3][4]

The municipality contains part of the 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a protected area created in 1975. The lushly-forested park protects the sources of the Vargem do Braço, Cubatão and D'Una rivers, which supply most of the drinking water for greater Florianópolis and the south coast region.^[5]

See also

• List of municipalities in Santa Catarina

References

1. "2012 Populational Estimate" (PDF). Censo Populacional 2012. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
2. - UNDP
3. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
4. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
5. Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11