- Guarapuava
Guarapuava is a city in the mid south of Paraná state in
Brazil .Guarapuava is located at 25°23'36" south and 51°27'19" west. The region is known as the centre of the state of Paraná, in the third plateau, also called of the Plateau of Guarapuava. Discovered by the Portuguese in 1770, and founded in 1810, the city's name comes from "tupy guarani" meaning "brave wolf" ("lobo bravo" in Portuguese).
The first families to settle in the city were formed through the
Tropeiros , which came fromMinas Gerais ,São Paulo andRio Grande do Sul . These families had their roots inPoland ,Italy andGermany . The city's birthday is celebrated on December 9th, due to the beginning of colonisation between "Rio Coutinho" and "Rio Jordão", in the goodwill of "Nossa Senhora de Belém" in 1819.The city is the seat of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarapuava .Education
In
2006 , there were 68 state-run schools.Until
2000 , there was only one higher education institution (Unicentro ). Since then, new ones have been established ("Faculdades Guarapuava", "Faculdade Guairacá" and "Faculdades Campo Real").Twin Town
Through Municipal Law 14/1988, Guarapuava has been declarared
Twin Town , or "Cidade Irmã" withRastatt , a city in Germany.Geography
*Altitude: 1.200 M over the ocean level
*Area: 3.115,329 Km2*Distance to
Paranaguá : 361 Km
*Distance toCuritiba : 258 KmClimate
In summer the climate is pleasant, the highest temperature registered is 33ºC in February
1984 , and the lowest is 6,8ºC in December1982 ; the precipitations are formed principally by the warmth associated to humidity. In Winter the temperatures in some days are below 0ºC.climate chart
Guarapuava
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16|26|165
16|26|146
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10|20|172
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14|25|169
16|26|193
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Through statistics from
IBGE in2007 the quantity of population in Guarapuava is164.567 hab.
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