Statistics
State:	São Paulo São Paulo (state) São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
Macro-region:	Macrometropolitão Paulista (Paulista macro-metropolitan area)
Microrregions:	Bananal Bananal (micro-region) The Microregion of Bananal is a microregion in the east of São Paulo State, Brazil. The microregion is the easternmost and is bordered by the state of Rio de Janeiro to the east.- Municipalities:* Arapeí* Areias* Bananal* São José do Barreiro...
Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat... :	307 km²
Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... :	3,697 (2004) Ranked 223rd
Population density Population density Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans... :	12.04/km²
Elevation Elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface .... :	509 m
Postal code:	12820-xxx
Area/distance code:	(00)55-12
Website:	www.areias.sp.gov.br
Population Statistics
Urban:	2,452
Rural:	1,148
Other
Literacy rate:	84.97%

Areias is a city in the state of São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

 in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. The population in 2003 is 3,697, its density is 12.04 /km² and the area is 307 km². The elevation is 509 m.

Population history

Year	Population	Change	Density
2001	3,600	-	11.74/km²
2004	3,697	97/2.694%	12.04/km²

Demographics

According to the 2000 IBGE

IBGE

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...

 Census, the population was 3,600, of which 2,452 were urban and 1,148 are rural. Its life expectancy for the city was 65.57 years. The literacy rate was at 84.97%.

External links

http://www.areias.sp.gov.br Areias on citybrazil.com.br Areias on Explorevale

	North: Resende, RJ Resende, Rio de Janeiro Resende is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 119,801 and its area is 1,144 km².Resendense refers to people or things from Resende, RJ. Its territory boundaries to the state of São Paulo and Minas Gerais...
West: Queluz Queluz Queluz may refer to:*Queluz, Portugal, a city in the municipality of Sintra, Portugal**The Queluz National Palace, located in the city*Queluz , a civil parish in the municipality of Sintra, Portugal...  and Silveiras Silveiras Silveiras is a municipality in São Paulo State, Brazil. The population in 2004 was 5,616, the density was 13.51/km² and the area is 415.74 km². The elevation is 615 m.-External links: http://www.silveiras.sp.gov.br...	Areias	East: São José do Barreiro São José do Barreiro São José do Barreiro is a municipality/county in the microrregion of Bananal in the eastern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil bordering with state of Rio de Janeiro to the north and south. The population in 2004 was 4,251, the density was 7.37/km² and the area is 571 km²...
	South: Cunha Cunha, São Paulo Cunha is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2003 is 22,975, its density is 16.33/km² and the area is 1,407 km². The first inhabitants arrived in the beginning of the 18th century. The municipality was founded in 1785, it was elevated to a city in 1858...  and Lorena