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Itamaraju

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Country
  
State
  
Area
  
2,370 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 9:29 PM

Region
  
Nordeste

Time zone
  
UTC -3

Population
  
63,069 (2010)

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Weather
  
25°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 85% Humidity

Itamaraju is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. "Itamaraju" is a word from the Tupi language meaning "rock of the trees of Jucuruçu" from the terms itá (rock), mara (woods), and ju (first syllable of the Jucuruçu River).

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Map of Itamaraju - State of Bahia, Brazil

History

On 22 April 1500 a Portuguese fleet under the command of the explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, seen by many as the first European to arrive in Brazil, recorded their sighting of Monte Pascoal which became a European settlement and, subsequently, the municipality of Prado. Itamaraju became and until 1961 remained a piece of the territory of Prado. On 5 October 1961 Itamaraju formally obtained municipal autonomy, its separation from Prado led by José Gomes de Almeida and Antônio Fontes Mascarenhas.

References

Itamaraju Wikipedia


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