Ascurra

Place in South, Brazil

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Location of Ascurra

26°57′18″S 49°22′33″W / 26.95500°S 49.37583°W / -26.95500; -49.37583Country

BrazilRegionSouthState

Santa CatarinaFoundedApril 1, 1963Government

• MayorLairton Possamai (PMDB)Area

• Total110.901 km² (42.819 sq mi)Elevation

88 m (289 ft)Population

(2020 ^[1])

• Total7,978 • Density72/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-3 (UTC-3) • Summer (DST)UTC-2 (UTC-2)HDI (2015)0.741Websitewww.ascurra.sc.gov.br

Ascurra is a municipality located in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil. Ascurra has a strong Italian culture due to its colonization in 1876 by farmers from Welschtirol.^[2] Hermann Blumenau (1819–1899) named the municipality after a point in Serra do Ibitirapé, Paraguay of the same name that was taken by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War in 1869.

Ascurra covers 110.901 km² (42.819 sq mi), and has a population of 7,978 with a population density of 70 inhabitants per square kilometer.^[2]

Geography

Ascurra is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Blumenau and 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the state capital of Florianópolis. The Itajaí-Açu River crosses Ascurra.^[3]

Economy

Mainly from the rice agriculture.

Transportation

Events

Per Tutti – A high Tirolean-influenced party that occurs between August and September.

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ ^a ^b "Ascurra" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
^ "Aspectos Geográficos" (in Portuguese). Ascurra, Santa Catarina, Brazil: Município de Ascurra. 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-11.