Picinguaba (place)

Picinguaba
Coordinates: 23 ° 23 ′ S , 44 ° 50 ′ W Picinguaba on the map of Sao Paulo	Picinguaba
	Picinguaba
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	São Paulo
Detailed data
height	3 m
Time zone	UTC −3
	Picinguaba Bay

Picinguaba is a fishing village and district in the Brazilian municipality of Ubatuba in the state of São Paulo . The settlement is located on a small bay near the border with Paraty - RJ and 25 km east-northeast of Ubatuba as the crow flies . The village is located in the Picinguaba nature reserve . This is one of a total of eight nature reserves in the Serra do Mar National Park .

The place is home to Caiçara communities, the traditional residents of the southeast coast of Brazil. They are the descendants of indigenous tribes , Portuguese colonizers, and later African slaves. They retain a deep sense of their ancestry and cultural heritage. In Picinguaba, fishing and other elements of Caiçara's life are still well preserved.