page_title: São Sebastião, São Paulo
section_title: Islands and islets
hierarchical_section_title: São Sebastião, São Paulo / Geography / Islands and islets
caption_attribution_description: Português: As Ilhas e Ilha das Couves vistas da BR-101 (Rodovia Prestes Maia). English: As Ilhas and Ilha das Couves seen from BR-101 (Prestes Maia Highway).
context_page_description: São Sebastião is a Brazilian municipality, located on the southeast coast of Brazil, in the state of São Paulo. The population in 2009 was 76,344, its density was 182.5/km² and the area is 403 km². The Tropic of Capricorn lies 25 km north. The municipality existed since 1636 and formed a part of the old hereditary captaincy of Santo Amaro.
  The archipelago municipality of Ilhabela is located on the east coast of the city; the largest island of the archipelago is also called São Sebastião. Between the city and the island, there is the São Sebastião channel with 30 kilometres in length, and variable width. There is an oil terminal at the channel, owned by Transpetro, a subsidiary of Petrobrás.
  The city is famous for its beaches, which makes it a popular tourism destination, especially for people from the state of São Paulo. Near the boundary with Bertioga, there is a small Guarani village managed by FUNAI.
context_section_description: There are a number of islands and islets spread all over the city's coastline, all of them created by ancient volcanic activities. The largest and most famous is the Ilha de São Sebastião (São Sebastião Island), which is part of the municipality of Ilhabela.
caption: Two of São Sebastião's islands seen from the BR-101. As Ilhas are in the middle, and the Ilha das Couves can be seen to the right, right behind As Ilhas.
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