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Knowing the territory in which the Basic Health Unit works is a important element for the creation of strategies aimed at improving health services and the environment in which the population lives. In order for this identification to be efficient, it is necessary to seek out, create and explore tools to assist in this process. The objective of this research was to rescue the concepts and the stages for the territorialization in health and the strategies for its realization. A survey was conducted on Google Academic and Lilacs databases, academic bibliography and institutional websites. It was found the existence of various concepts of territory and various instruments for the realization of health territorialization with or without the use of technologies, such as questionnaires, maps, models and computerized systems. These instruments help in the process of planning and execution of activities at each stage of the process of knowledge of the territory and the population that inhabits it. Thus, territorialization allows the reorganization of health practices based on the humanization of care and the needs of the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]