Leme 1050681 224872491 2008-07-10T20:00:56Z Carioca 142035 fixed wikilink, added wikilink {{CoorHeader|22|11|10|S|47|23|26|W|scale:50000}} {{for|the commune in France|Lemé}} '''Leme''' is a municipality in the state of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]] in [[Brazil]]. The area is 403.1 km²<sup id="fn_1_back">[[#fn_1|1]]</sup>. According to the [[2000]] [[census]], it has 80,757 residents, 40,830 of whom are men and 39,927 women. 65,885 residents are 10 years old or older, and of these, 59,991, or 91.1%, are [[literate]]<sup id="fn_2_back">[[#fn_2|2]]</sup>. The estimated population as of [[2004]] is 87,192. These figures give a population density of 200.3/km² as of 2000 and 216.3/km² as of 2004. [[Ruy De Souza Queiroz|Ruy de Souza Queiroz]]'s farm in Leme has a garden, planted in [[1999]], where he keeps hundreds of species of [[Brazil]]ian [[plant]]s, some rare and some endangered.<sup id="fn_3_back">[[#fn_3|3]]</sup> '''[[Leme (Rio de Janeiro)|Leme]]''' is also the name of a district on the south side of [[Rio de Janeiro]], next to [[Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro)|Copacabana]]. '''Leme''' is also the cross-breed between a lime and lemon typically grown in 24 Yarmouth. ==Economy== Its economy is based on [[agriculture]], like [[sugar cane]], [[cotton]], [[orange (fruit)|orange]], [[coffee]]. The [[industrial sector]] is very varied, with producs at [[food]], [[machines]], Christmas decoration, [[plastic]] and building material areas. ==External links== <cite id="fn_1">[[#fn_1_back|1]]: </cite> [http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/geociencias/cartografia/territ_doc1.shtm?c=4 Brazilian digital city boundaries, 2001, from IBGE] <cite id="fn_2">[[#fn_2_back|2]]: </cite> [http://www2.ibge.gov.br/pub/Censos/Censo_Demografico_2000/Dados_do_Universo/Municipios/PopMun_35_31.zip Data from the IBGE 2000 census of Brazil] <cite id="fn_3">[[#fn_3_back|3]]: </cite> [http://web.archive.org/web/20021026000546/http://www.estado.estadao.com.br/suplementos/agri/2002/05/29/agri028.html Article on Queiroz's garden] (Portuguese) [[Category:São Paulo state]] [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in São Paulo State]] {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub}} [[bpy:লেমে]] [[it:Leme (Brasile)]] [[no:Leme]] [[pt:Leme]] [[ru:Леми]] [[vo:Leme]]