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Iguape

Iguape is a municipality located into the Ribeira Valley in the southern portion of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 30,390 (2015 estimate) in an area of , making it the largest municipality area in São Paulo state. The city was officially founded in December 3, 1538, and its historic constructions are classified as national heritage by the IPHAN since 2009.

Its name has tupi origins and its translation means "in the river cove", 'y (water/river), kûá (cove) and pe (in).

Usage examples of "iguape".

Ah, surely the poor people of Iguape would long remember the noble engineer’s name and many years from now would still mention it in their prayers.

After a brief discussion, the Judge expressed solemn excuses to D’Arrast, asked him to agree that nothing but drunkenness [174] could explain such forgetfulness of the sentiments of respect and gratitude that the whole town of Iguape owed him, and, finally, asked him to decide himself, on the punishment to be inflicted on the wretched individual.

They had left behind them the last houses of Iguape and stood be­tween the river and a high, steep embankment to which clung huts made of clay and branches.

Police from the nearest town, Iguape, went to the scene at once and questioned the witnesses while the incident was still fresh in their minds.

Furthermore, any mysterious activity in the alerted Iguape area surely would have been observed by the residents.