Itapoá

Itapoá
Municipality
Itapoá Municipality
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Location of Itapoá
Coordinates: 26°07′01″S 48°36′57″W / 26.11694°S 48.61583°W / -26.11694; -48.61583Coordinates: 26°07′01″S 48°36′57″W / 26.11694°S 48.61583°W / -26.11694; -48.61583
Country	Brazil
Region	South
State	Santa Catarina
Founded	April 26, 1989
Government
• Mayor	Sergio Ferreira de Aguiar (PMDB)
Area
• Total	257.158 km2 (99.289 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population (2008 [1])
• Total	11,251
• Density	48.3/km2 (125/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2000)	0.793 – medium[2]

Itapoá (independent city since 1989, previously a part of the municipality of Garuva) is a small town in the northern part of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. It borders the municipal areas of São Francisco do Sul in the south and of Garuva in the east. In the north it borders with the state of Paraná. It is the northernmost municipality in Santa Catarina.

Its main revenue originates from tourism, due to its situation at the atlantic coast. The nature reserve "Volta Velha" in the premises of the municipality is one of the last large-scale remnant of Restinga vegetation in the state.

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