Itumbiara
Sign in to saveItumbiara () is a municipality in Brazil, located in the southern part of the state of Goiás, on the border with Minas Gerais. It is a "sister city" to the Minas Gerais municipality of Araporã. The city lies south of the state capital, Goiânia, approximately 204 kilometers away, and 411 kilometers from the federal capital, Brasília. Covering an area of , Itumbiara is the thirteenth most populous municipality in Goiás, with a population of inhabitants according to the 2022 census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
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Itumbiara () is a municipality in Brazil, located in the southern part of the state of Goiás, on the border with Minas Gerais. It is a "sister city" to the Minas Gerais municipality of Araporã. The city lies south of the state capital, Goiânia, approximately 204 kilometers away, and 411 kilometers from the federal capital, Brasília. Covering an area of , Itumbiara is the thirteenth most populous municipality in Goiás, with a population of inhabitants according to the 2022 census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The history of Itumbiara dates back to the early 1820s, when a road was constructed across the Paranaíba River to connect Uberaba with central Goiás. The influx of settlers, drawn primarily by the road's construction, led to the establishment of a district named Santa Rita do Paranaíba in 1852. Following the Proclamation of the Republic, the municipality was officially established in 1909, still under the name Santa Rita do Paranaíba. The name "Itumbiara," derived from the Tupi language, was proposed by engineer Inácio Pais Leme, who oversaw the road's construction.