page_title: Paraíba Valley
section_title: Municipalities of the region
hierarchical_section_title: Paraíba Valley / Location / Municipalities of the region
caption_attribution_description: Map locator of Vale do Paraíba region
context_page_description: The Paraíba Valley is a geographic feature that encompasses the regions: Paraíba Valley Metropolitan Region and Northern Coast, in the state of São Paulo and Sul-Fluminense Region, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, which stands out for concentrating a considerable portion of the Brazil's GDP.
  The name is due to the fact that the region is part of the Paraíba do Sul river basin, since this river extends from the São Paulo and along almost the entire length of the state of Rio de Janeiro and a small southern part of the Minas Gerais state.
  In the strict sense, the name "Vale do Paraíba", "Paraíba Valley" in English, should only be used to refer to a region with a certain geographical feature. Therefore, this is not an official IBGE Region, Mesoregion or Microregion.
context_section_description: The total population of all municipalities in the region is almost 3.3 million, equivalent to the population of the Uruguay.
  The most important cities in the region are:
  On Rio's Side: Volta Redonda, Resende, Barra Mansa and Barra do Piraí;
  On São Paulo's Side: São José dos Campos, Taubaté, Jacareí, Caçapava, Pindamonhangaba, Guaratinguetá, Lorena, Caraguatatuba and Cruzeiro. Beside those cities, Aparecida and Cachoeira Paulista, have great national prominence due the religious tourism.
  Other cities in the region are:
  Rio's Side: Itatiaia, Pinheiral, Piraí, Quatis, Rio Claro, Valença, Rio das Flores, Porto Real e Paraty.
  São Paulo's Side: Arapeí, Areias, Bananal, Campos do Jordão, Canas, Cunha, Igaratá, Ilhabela, Jambeiro, Lagoinha, Lavrinhas, Monteiro Lobato, Natividade da Serra, Paraibuna, Piquete, Potim, Queluz, Redenção da Serra, Roseira, Santa Branca,  São José do Barreiro, São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Sebastião, Silveiras, Tremembé e Ubatuba.
caption: The Mesorregion of the São Paulo side of Paraíba Valley and the Microregion side of Rio de Janeiro side of the Paraíba Valley.
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