iPedia Free Information Center

Information about Itu

This article is about the location. For the article on the UN Specialised Agency , see ITU (International Telecommunication Union).


Map
Enlarge picture
Map of the state of São Paulo, Brazil pointing Itu
Coat of Arms Flag
Statistics
State:São Paulo
Meso-region:Paulista Macro-Metropolitan Meso-Region
Microrregions:Sorocaba
Anniversary:February 2
Location:23.963/23°15'51" S, 47.296/47°17'57" W
Area:641.68 km²
Population:149,758 (2004)
Ranked 273rd
Population density:234/km²
Elevation:583 m
Postal code:13300-xxx
Area/distance code:(00)55-15
Climate:Subtropical
Name of habitants or denomym:Ituano
Website:www.itu.sp.gov.br
Population Statistics
Urban:123,942
Rural:11,424
Other
Literacy rate:92.53%
Distance from the state capital:88 km


Itu is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 149,758 and the area is 641.68 km². The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language. Itu is linked with the highway numbered the SP-75 and are flowed with two rivers, Tietê and Jundiaí. Itu also contains five hospitals and eleven bank agencies and one shopping center, the Plaza Shopping Itu.

Itu was founded by the Portuguese in 1610 by Domingos Fernandes. It became a parish in 1653. In 1657, it was elevated to a town and municipality. It became a part of Brazil in 1822. It became a city in 1843.

Itu was the birth place of the Brazilian Republic and has a very interesting museum.

Itu became a famous town after "Simplicio" a well known Brazilian comedian, born in Itu, was made Tourism Secretary and to increase tourism promoted it as the "capital of large things". For example, the town square holds a giant 4mt high yellow phone-booth "orelhão". The Itu popsicle is about 30 cm (1 feet) tall. And a giant christmas tree.

With the increase in domestic tourism the infrastructure soon developed to attract foreign visitors as well as international meetings, seminars and congress events. In 1999 and 2003 the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement held their international delegation session in Itu bringing people from over 80 countries to the city at each event.

Geography

Its climate is subtropical, temperatures varies from 16° and 22°. The summer is warm and dry, and the winters are moderately cold and dry.

It is located between the crystalline plateau and sedimentary areas.

Population history

Year Population Change Density
2001135,366-211.51/km²
2004149,75814,392 or 10.63%234/km²

Demographics

According to the 2000 IBGE Census, the population was 136,366, of which 123,942 are urban and 11,424 are rural. Its life expectancy for the city was 71.53 years. The literacy rate was at 92.53%.

Transportation

  • SP-75
  • SP-79
  • SP-280
  • SP-300
  • SP-308
  • SP-312

See also

External links

International Telecommunication Union

International Telecommunication Union emblem

Formation May 17 1865
Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland
Membership United Nations
Official languages French, English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese
..... Click the link for more information.
Brazil

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Brazil

  • Constitution
  • Executive Branch
  • President
  • Vice President

..... Click the link for more information.
São Paulo (  (help) pron. IPA: [sɐ̃w̃ 'paw.lu]) is a state in Brazil.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Sorocaba micro-region (Microrregião de Sorocaba) is a micro-region in the central part of São Paulo State, Brazil. The area is 4,202.355 km².

Municipalities

  • Alumínio
  • Araçariguama
  • Araçoiaba da Serra
  • Cabreúva
  • Capela do Alto

..... Click the link for more information.
February 2 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

  • 672 - Death of Saint Chad, whose feast day this is.

..... Click the link for more information.
In geography, location is a position or point in physical space that something occupies on Earths' surface. A real location can often be designated using a specific pairing of latitude and longitude, a Cartesian coordinate grid (e.g.
..... Click the link for more information.
Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. The term Surface area is the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an object.

Units

Units for measuring surface area include:
square metre = SI derived unit

..... Click the link for more information.
population is the collection of people or organisms of a particular species living in a given geographic area or mortality, and migration, though the field encompasses many dimensions of population change including the family (marriage and divorce), public health, work and the
..... Click the link for more information.
20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
2001 2002 2003 - 2004 - 2005 2006 2007

2004 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
..... Click the link for more information.
list of municipalities in the state of São Paulo is compiled from this charter.

Municipality Population
São Paulo 10,838,581
Guarulhos 1,218,862
Campinas 1,031,887
São Bernardo do Campo 773,099
Osasco 695,879
Santo André 665,923
..... Click the link for more information.
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, humans in particular.

Biological population densities


..... Click the link for more information.
elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, often the mean sea level. Elevation, or geometric height, is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height
..... Click the link for more information.
This page contains a list of area codes in Brazil for telephone dialing. The phone numbers all have mandatory eight digits since 2005, and more than eight digits dialing the area or the country codes throughout Brazil.
..... Click the link for more information.
Climate is the average and variations of weather over long periods of time. Climate zones can be defined using parameters such as temperature and rainfall.
..... Click the link for more information.
São Paulo (  (help) pron. IPA: [sɐ̃w̃ 'paw.lu]) is a state in Brazil.
..... Click the link for more information.
Motto
Ordem e Progresso   (Portuguese)
"Order and Progress"
Anthem
Hino Nacional Brasileiro
..... Click the link for more information.
20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
2001 2002 2003 - 2004 - 2005 2006 2007

2004 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
..... Click the link for more information.
Old Tupi or Classical Tupi is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the native Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who lived close to the sea. It belongs to the Tupi-Guarani language subfamily, and which has a written history spanning the 16th, 17th and early 18th
..... Click the link for more information.
The Tietê River (Portuguese: Rio Tietê) is a river in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. This highly polluted river runs for 700 miles before joining the Paraná River, making it around the 130th longest river in the world.
..... Click the link for more information.
Anthem
"A Portuguesa"


Capital
(and largest city) Lisbon5

Official languages Portuguese1
..... Click the link for more information.
16th century - 17th century - 18th century
1580s  1590s  1600s  - 1610s -  1620s  1630s  1640s
1607 1608 1609 - 1610 - 1611 1612 1613

:
Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -
..... Click the link for more information.
8th century - 9th century - 10th century
850s  860s  870s  - 880s -  890s  900s  910s
885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891

:
Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -
..... Click the link for more information.
8th century - 9th century - 10th century
850s  860s  870s  - 880s -  890s  900s  910s
885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891

:
Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -
..... Click the link for more information.
Motto
Ordem e Progresso   (Portuguese)
"Order and Progress"
Anthem
Hino Nacional Brasileiro
..... Click the link for more information.
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1790s  1800s  1810s  - 1820s -  1830s  1840s  1850s
1819 1820 1821 - 1822 - 1823 1824 1825

:
Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -
..... Click the link for more information.
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1810s  1820s  1830s  - 1840s -  1850s  1860s  1870s
1840 1841 1842 - 1843 - 1844 1845 1846

:
Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -
..... Click the link for more information.
The Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement is a division from the Seventh-day Adventist Church created by disagreement over proper Sabbath observance and military service during World War I.
..... Click the link for more information.
Summer is one of the four seasons of the year. In the West, the seasons are generally considered to start at the equies and solstices, based on astronomical reckoning. In English-language calendars, based on astronomy, summer begins on the day of the summer solstice and ends on the
..... Click the link for more information.
Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. Almost all English-language calendars, going by astronomy, state that winter begins on the winter solstice, and ends on the spring equinox.
..... Click the link for more information.
21st century - 22nd century
1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
1998 1999 2000 - 2001 - 2002 2003 2004

2001 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
..... Click the link for more information.


This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
Herod_Archelaus


page counter