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Also known as Itu, São Paulo, City of Itu
municipality of São Paulo state, Brazil
Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Southeast
- State
- São Paulo
- Metrop region
- Sorocaba
- Total
- 640.72 km (247.38 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 583 m (1,913 ft)
- Estimate 2025
- 175,047
- Density
- 262.58/km (680.08/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC-03:00 ( BRT )
- Summer dst
- UTC-02:00 ( BRST )
- Area code
- +55 11
- Hdi 2010
- 0.773 – high
- Website
- www .itu .sp .gov .br
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Itu is a historic city and municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population was 168,240 as of 2022 Census, in an area of 640.72 km. The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Two rivers flow through Itu: Tietê and Jundiaí. Itu has five hospitals, eleven bank agencies and one shopping center, the Plaza Shopping Itu.
Itu was founded in 1610 by bandeirante Domingos Fernandes. It became a parish in 1653. In 1657, it was elevated to a town and municipality. It became a part of Brazil in 1822. It became a city in 1843.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Itu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.