Itamaraju
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Municipality
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| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Bahia |
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| Population
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| • Total | 64,455 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Itamaraju is a municipality in the stateofBahia in the North-East regionofBrazil.[2][3][4][5] "Itamaraju" is a word from the Tupi language meaning『rock of the trees of Jucuruçu』from the terms itá (rock), mara (woods), and ju (first syllable of the Jucuruçu River).
On 22 April 1500 a Portuguese fleet under the command of the explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, seen by many as the first European to arrive in Brazil, recorded their sighting of Monte Pascoal which became a European settlement and, subsequently, the municipality of Prado. Itamaraju became and until 1961 remained a piece of the territory of Prado. On 5 October 1961 Itamaraju formally obtained municipal autonomy, its separation from Prado led by José Gomes de Almeida and Antônio Fontes Mascarenhas.
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17°04′S 39°32′W / 17.067°S 39.533°W / -17.067; -39.533
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