Jacareí

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Jacareí is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 250,952 (2025 est.) in an area of 464.27 km2. The city is known as "Capital of Beer" by the daily output of its factories, considered the biggest in Latin America. The economic activity is mainly based on industrial production. The industries produce mainly paper, chemicals, glass, wire, and rubber.

Its neighboring municipalities are: São José dos Campos to the north and northeast; Jambeiro to the east; Santa Branca to the southeast; Guararema to the southwest; Santa Isabel to the west and Igaratá to the northwest.

Jacareí is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.

The city is located in the Paraíba do Sul's valley (the Paraíba do Sul is the most important river in the east of the state). This region is highly industrialized, located between the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

The municipality contains part of the 292,000-hectare (720,000-acre) Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraíba do Sul river.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA. Photography via Wikimedia Commons.