Tarumã

Also 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.

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Settlement.elevation_m: 509
Settlement.name: Tarumã
Settlement.official_name: Município de TarumãMunicipality of Tarumã
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Tarumã desde SP-333.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Partial view of Tarumã
Settlement.image_flag: BandeiraTarumã.gif
Settlement.image_seal: BrasaoTarumã.png
Settlement.nicknames: The City of Tomorrow Digital City
Settlement.motto: Together We Are More
Settlement.image_map: SaoPaulo Municip Taruma.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250x200px
Settlement.map_caption: Location in São Paulo and the state of São Paulo
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: border|22pxSoutheast

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Demonym: tarumaense
Population: 15315
Area: 303.503
Elevation: 509
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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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.