Tarumã
Sign in to saveAlso known as Vitex montevidensis
Tarumã is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It was founded in October 20, 1927 and has a population of 15,183. It is 455 km away from the capital, São Paulo.
Key facts
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- 509
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- Tarumã
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- Município de TarumãMunicipality of Tarumã
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- Municipality
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- Partial view of Tarumã
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- The City of Tomorrow Digital City
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- Together We Are More
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- 250x200px
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- Location in São Paulo and the state of São Paulo
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- Brazil
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- Location in Brazil
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- tarumaense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- São Paulo
- Population
- 15315
- Area
- 303.503
- Elevation
- 509
- Shares border with
- Maracaí
- Official website
- www.taruma.sp.gov.br
- Image
- Tarumã desde SP-333.jpg
- Dialing code
- 18
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- Commons category
- Tarumã (São Paulo)
- electorate
- 10450
- postal code
- 19820-000
- Human Development Index
- 0.775
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Government
- Media
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Protestant Church
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- References
Tarumã is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It was founded in October 20, 1927 and has a population of 15,183. It is 455 km away from the capital, São Paulo.
==History== Tarumã started as a village called Vila Lex (Lex Village), named for its founder Gilberto Lex, a German immigrant who arrived in Brazil in 1825. Its present name comes from a Tupi–Guarani word for the indigenous fruit tree Vitex montevidensis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tarumã” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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