Santa Rita do Passa Quatro

Santa Rita do Passa Quatro is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Elevation is 748 metres (2,454 ft).

Santa Rita do Passa Quatro
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location in São Paulo state
Santa Rita do Passa Quatro Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 21°42′37″S 47°28′41″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Area
• Total	754 km^2 (291 sq mi)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	27,600
• Density	37/km^2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-03:00 (BRT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-02:00 (BRST)

The population is 27,600 (2020 estimate) in an area of 754 square kilometres (291 sq mi).[2]

The municipality holds the Cerrado Pé de Gigante Area of Relevant Ecological Interest and the Buriti de Vassununga Area of Relevant Ecological Interest.[3][4] It contains the 2,071 hectares (5,120 acres) Vassununga State Park, established in 1970, which contains what may be the oldest tree in Brazil.[5]

A species of amphisbaenian, Amphisbaena sanctaeritae, is named after the municipality.[6][7]

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
3. Unidade de Conservação: Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Pé-de-Gigante (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-11
4. Unidade de Conservação: Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Vassununga (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-11
5. Parque do Vassununga (in Portuguese), Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, retrieved 2016-11-29
6. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("St. Rita", p. 257).
7. Species Amphisbaena sanctaeritae at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.