Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Itaituba is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pará, belonging to the Southwest Paraense Mesoregion. It is located in northern Brazil, at a latitude of 4°16′34″ south and a longitude of 55°59′01″ west. Its total area is 62,040.947 km², and the IBGE's total population in 2022 was 123,312 inhabitants.
It is the fourteenth most populous municipality in the state and one of the main economic centers of western Pará. It has the thirteenth-largest gross domestic product (GDP) in the state. The city is considered medium-sized, and it is one of the cities experiencing accelerated economic growth in the interior of Brazil, while also standing out in regional, state and national university entrance exams and in music education.
A native of Itaituba is known as an itaitubense. The city's motto is “Nugget City”. The city is known for its intense gold mining activity in the Tapajós River Valley, as well as for its great diversity of natural landscapes, such as the river beaches that form during the dry season, the rapids located near the district of São Luiz do Tapajós, and the Amazônia National Park.
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