Itararé is a municipality in the state of

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. The population is 50,642 (2020 est.) in an area of 1004 km². Its elevation is of . This place's name comes from the

Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the aboriginal Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. It belongs to the ...

, and means "stone that the river has dug" because the

Itararé River The Itararé River is a river on the boundary between the Paraná and São Paulo states in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Paraná *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arra ...

runs partly

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. Itataré became an independent municipality in 1893, when it was separated from Itapeva da Faxina.IBGE
history

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