Jacareí

City, southeastern São Paulo estado (“state”), Brazil, lying along the Paraíba do Sul River. The settlement was granted town status in 1653 and was made the seat of a municipality in 1849. The local economy depends mainly upon dairying, but coffee, rice, corn (maize), fruits, and feijão (beans) are also cultivated in the surrounding area. Food processing, distilling, tanning, and the manufacture