Itamaraju

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Itamaraju
Municipality
Country  Brazil
Region Nordeste
State Bahia
Government
Population (2010)
 • Total 63,069
Time zone UTC -3

Itamaraju is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.[1][2][3][4] "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).[5]

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.

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