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
 • Density77.131/km2 (199.77/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-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.