Lavrinhas

Lavrinhas
Lavrinhas
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in São Paulo state
	Lavrinhas Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 22°34′15″S 44°54′8″W / 22.57083°S 44.90222°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Metrop. region	Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
Area
• Total	167.07 km2 (64.51 sq mi)
Elevation	508 m (1,667 ft)
Population (2020 )
• Total	7,311
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code	12790-xxx
Area code	+55-19
Website	www.lavrinhas.sp.gov.br

Lavrinhas is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is formed by the seat and district of Pinheiros (which includes the hamlet of Capela do Jacu). The municipality is crossed by many rivers, creeks and so on; the main ones are: Jacu River, Braço River and Paraíba do Sul River, this one presenting rapids. It is a historical town, where many events of the 1932 Revolution took place in and which attracts, to this day, many tourists, who’re taken by guides to the trenches, vestiges of the conflict. As for its economy, most of it is based on agriculture, cattle raising and tourism.^[2]

Location[edit]

Lavrinhas is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.^[3] The population is 7,361 (2021 est.) in an area of 167.07 square kilometres (64.51 sq mi).^[4] The elevation is 508 m (1,667 ft). The state of Minas Gerais is bounded to the North.

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.^[5]

Coat of arms[edit]

Its coat of arms has a red shield with the tag at the bottom reading Cave nam vigilio (Latin for "Watch yourself, for I'm watching") with two soldiers on each side and with three swords over three mountaintops coloured in orange.