ituiutaba is also the name of statistical microregion 29 which includes 6 municipalities: cachoeira dourada, capinópolis, gurinhatã, ipiaçu, ituiutaba, and santa vitória. the population of this microregion was 135,140 (2000) and the area was 8,748.90 km. the population density in 2000 was 15.45 inhabitants/km.