- Araranguá
Araranguá is a city located in the south part of Santa Catarina state, in the south of
Brazil . It has around 63,000 inhabitants and was settled mainly by Azoreans and Italians.City data
*Foundation: April 3, 1880
*Population: around 63,000
*Area: 298.4 km²
*Ethnic groups: Azorean and Italian
*Average temperature: 20ºC
*Nearby cities:Criciúma ,Içara ,Turvo ,Sombrio ,Meleiro ,Morro Grande ,Balneário Arroio do Silva andForquilhinha
*Nearby airport: Criciúma airport (31km away)
*Distance fromFlorianópolis : 210kmHistory
The first to arrive in Araranguá region were the Portugueses, who came from Laguna in the beginning of the 19th century. They settled in the Morro dos Conventos (“"Convents Mountain"”), where there was a road that connected the south with the center of the country. Later, Italian, German, Polish and Spanish immigrants and the African
slaves arrived in the city. At that time, the region also hadCarijós andKaingang Indians, but they do not exist anymore.The city was founded
April 3 ,1880 , and was named Araranguá because of the Araranguá River.Economy
*Agriculture – production of
rice ,bean s,tobacco and corn.
*Industry – based onmetallurgy , ceramics,furniture andtextiles .
*Commerce
*TourismTrivia
*Araranguá is know as "A Cidade das Avenidas" ("The City of the Avenues"”) because of its wide roads.
External links
* [http://www.ararangua.net/ City’s official website] (in Portuguese)
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