- Laguna, Santa Catarina
Laguna is a
Brazil iancity located in the southern state of Santa Catarina, 120kilometers south of the state's capital,Florianópolis , and north east ofPorto Alegre . Its coordinates are 28.48/28°28'57" S and the longitude is 48.779/48°46'51" W. In2004 , the population was 48,956 and the area was 445.24 km². Elevation is 2 m. Laguna is linked with theBR-101 coastal highway as well as a superhighway.The city was founded in
1676 by rural people of the "capitania " ofSão Vicente . In1714 the locality was recognized as amunicipality , and in1847 it received the status ofcity . It was the capital of the short-livedJuliana Republic in1839 .Laguna is a part of the association of the municipalities of the Laguna region. The city's flag is tricolored with yellow, white and green, and has a coat of arms in the middle.
Other
Laguna has a fewWhat|date=July 2008 schools or a collegiate, a high school, churches, and squares.Fact|date=July 2008
An interesting collaboration has developed in Laguna: a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins drive fish towards fishermen who stand at the beach in shallow waters. Then one dolphin rolls over, which the fishermen take as sign to throw out their nets. The dolphins feed on the escaping fish. The dolphins were not trained for this behavior; the collaboration has been going on at least since 1847.Fact|date=July 2008
External links
* [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/br-sc-lg.html About the city's flag]
*pt icon http://www.citybrazil.com.br/sc/laguna
*Maps and Aerial Photos:
**Coordinates: coord|28|28|57|S|48|46|51|W|type:city(17,053)_region:BR
**Street maps: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=-48.779&longitude=-28.48&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=-48.779&lons1=-28.48&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=-28.48,-48.779 Google]
**Satellite images and Aerial photos: [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-28.48,-48.779&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google]
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