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Iguape is a municipality located into the Ribeira Valley in the southern portion of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 30,989 (2020 estimate) in an area of , making it the largest municipality area in São Paulo state. The city was officially founded on December 3, 1538, and its historic constructions are classified as national heritage by the IPHAN since 2009.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Iguape
Settlement.official_name
Municipality of Iguape
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
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BrasonIguape.jpg
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Bandeira de iguape.JPG
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SaoPaulo Municip Iguape.svg
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Location in São Paulo
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Country
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Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Southeast
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State
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Mesoregion
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Microregion
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Metrop. region
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
December 3, 1538
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
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3

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Searching for gold
  • Rice farming
  • An ecological disaster
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Climate
  • Media
  • See also
  • References

Iguape is a municipality located into the Ribeira Valley in the southern portion of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 30,989 (2020 estimate) in an area of , making it the largest municipality area in São Paulo state. The city was officially founded on December 3, 1538, and its historic constructions are classified as national heritage by the IPHAN since 2009.

Its name has tupi origins and its translation means "in the river cove", '''y (water/river), kûá (cove) and pe'' (in).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iguape” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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