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Iguape
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Iguape
Total population
29,115
Founded
1538
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
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 in an area of 1,977.96 km2 (763.69 sq mi), 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.
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History
The extinct unclassified Jaguanan language was formerly spoken by indigenous peoples in Iguape. Because of its location, close to the limits established by the Tordesillas Treaty, the Iguape region was the stage for constant disputes among Portuguese, Spanish, and French pirates who landed there in order to refill their vessels or to trade in their goods. The foundation of Iguape is sometimes attributed to Rui Garcia de Mosquera, a Spanish navigator and colonizer who established a good relationship with the Tupiniquin Indians. In another unproved account, in 1498 a Spanish group landed in the region giving the name Iguape to a tiny village, in reference to a local Indian name for a common regional plant. Some years later, a French pirate vessel attacked Iguape and set fire to the village, destroying all official documentation. The veracity of those events is unknown, but there is no doubt that the first years of Iguape's history were strongly influenced by the presence of the Spanish. With the discovery of gold at the end of the 16th century, Iguape was increasingly visited by adventurers searching for gold along the rivers. In 1635, there already existed the so-called "Casa da Oficina Real", the first money producing institution in Brazil (today Iguape's local museum). The discovery of gold at Serra da Paranapiacaba, in the interior of Vale do Ribeira, intensified the navigation of the Ribeira de Iguape River resulting in the formation of new villages such as Registro, Eldorado Paulista, Iporanga, Jacupiranga and Sete Barras. Around 1780, the gold cycle had come to an end and many families left the region. Nevertheless, since the beginning of the 18th century the fertile grounds of the Ribeira valley were converted into large rice plantations. The rice, of an…
Geography
Iguape is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast, at the delta of the Ribeira de Iguape River. The municipality contains 86% of the Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station, a strictly protected area of well-preserved Atlantic Forest created in 1986. It contains the Chauás Ecological Station, created in 1987. It also contains the Prelado State Park, created in 2006. The state park is just west of the Juréia Massif, an isolated group of mountains on the coast separated from the Serra dos Itatins by a sandy plain and the Una do Prelado River. Further east it contains 9% of the Barra do Una Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2006. These conservation units are all part of the Juréia-Itatins Mosaic. The municipality contains 45% of the Guará Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 2008. According to the Köppen climate classification, Iguape has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) that closely borders the tropical rainforest climate (Af). Summers are warm, humid and rainy, whilst winters are noticeably cooler and somewhat drier, although there is no true dry season. The mean temperature is and the mean annual rainfall is .
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Nearby places in São Paulo
- Momuna7.4 mi away
- Jairê11.6 mi away
- Barra do Ribeira11.6 mi away
- Vila Nova12.4 mi away
- Pariquera-Açu20.3 mi away · pop. 19,233
- Juruvaúva23.6 mi away
- São Paulo Bagre27.2 mi away
- Jacupiranga28 mi away · pop. 16,097
- Boqueirão Sul31.4 mi away
- Cananéia31.6 mi away · pop. 12,289
- Morretinho31.6 mi away
- Sete Barras31.9 mi away · pop. 12,730
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 3520301
- UF
- SP
- Mesorregião
- Litoral Sul Paulista
- Microrregião
- Registro
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
- • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br