Initially inhabited by tabajaras and tapuias Indians, as the Iracema Indian woman who was bathing in the Bica do Ipú (Spout of Ipu) was fairly portrayed in the Iracema book by José de Alencar.
This area was first home to indigenous peoples referred to as tabajaras and tapuias, who were portrayed in the novel Iracema by José de Alencar. The story centers around an Iracema woman taking a bath at the Bica do Ipú.