Piquete

Piquete
Location in São Paulo state
Piquete
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 22°36′50″S 45°10′33″W / 22.61389°S 45.17583°W / -22.61389; -45.17583
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast Brazil
StateSão Paulo
Metropolitan RegionVale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
Area
  Total
176.00 km2 (67.95 sq mi)
Elevation
645 m (2,116 ft)
Population
 (2020 )
  Total
13,575
  Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Piquete is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 13,575 (2020 est.) in an area of 176.00 km2. The elevation is 645 m.

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.