Category: Santa catarina

Gustavo Kuerten (tennis player), Fernando Scherer (swimmer) and Fabiana Beltrame (rower) were born in Florianópolis. The nickname of the city is ‘’Floripa’’. The professional football teams of the capital of Santa Catarina are Figueirense and Avaí. Florianópolis hosts the biggest triathlon in Latin America, the Brazilian edition of Ironman (3,8 km swim, 180 km cycle [...]

The Peri Pond Park is one of the best preserved nature areas of the island and is a good place for birdwatching. The trail passes by ancient flour mills, distilleries and water falls. It is possible to watch incredible landscapes of many of the beaches on the East and South of Florianópolis and some oceanic [...]

Florianópolis has its economy based mainly on the technology sector. Other important sectors to local economy are: trade, services, tourism and construction industry. Some markets are expanding in the garment industry (particularly for sportswear), cultivation of shellfish (especially oysters and clams) and beekeeping (on Campeche Beach). The GDP of the city is 8 120 985,896 [...]

Primitively, the region was inhabited by natives of Guarani tribe. Already in the early sixteenth century, ships bound for the La Plata Basin landed on the island to stock up food and water. However, only around 1675 Francisco Dias Velho sent to the island his brother José Dias Velho with more than one hundred natives [...]

The name of the city has Tupi origin and means ‘’river with plenty of sea bass’’. The city has the highest population density of Santa Catarina, with more than 2,350 inhabitants per square kilometer. Despite having a population of 108,107 inhabitants (data from IBGE in 2010), Balneário Camboriú holds approximately one million people during the [...]

The Relógio do Sol monument was built by a Uruguayan artist called Felix Cabrajal ‘’in order to thank the hospitality that he had received’’, according to his words. Situated at Estado Avenue, the clock is oriented from the magnetic north point to the solar light. The City Library Machado de Assis covers 150 square meters, [...]

With more than 100 hotels, varied and good cuisine, commerce and services diversified, Balneário Camboriú offers a good infrastructure to support tourism, with internationally renowned beaches. The construction industry is overvalued, with an average price of 3000 Reais per square meter. The city has 1035 buildings and 350 buildings. The GDP of the city is [...]

The first habitants of the region were natives. The colonization began to occur with the arrival of Baltasar Pinto Correa. The settlement of Balneário Camboriú began in fact in 1758, when some families of Porto Belo City settled in the place called Nossa Senhora do Bonsucesso, which later was renamed ‘’Barra’’. Attracted by the fertility [...]

The name of the city is due to Tubarão River, which in Tupi- Guarani language was called ‘’Tubá-Nharô’’, meaning ‘’Father fierce’’. Some historians say that this was the name of a very influent cacique who inhabited the region. The writer and reporter Virgilio Varzea gave to Tubarão the nickname ‘’Cidade Azul’’ (‘’Blue city’’), enchanted with [...]

On the right bank of Tubarão River, is the thermal spring of Guarda Hydromineral Resort, which is 10 kilometers distant from downtown. At the site, are installed three comfortable hotels and restaurants with international quality, but the great attractive is the spring water, used therapeutically. The Railroad Museum of Tubarão preserves the memory of the [...]

Tubarão is notable for being the second biggest commercial center in the southern state of Santa Catarina, mainly in ceramics. The tourism, which has as mainly attractions the hydromineral resorts, is also important to local economy. With more than 1700 stores, the city has a wide services sector which supplies several cities in the region. [...]

The history of Tubarão begins in August of 1774, with the donation of two allotments to Captain Joao da Costa Moreira and to Sergeant-Major Jacinto Jaques Nicós, marking the effective beginning of settlement. The place, known as ‘’Paragem do Poço Grande’’ was breakpoint for the drovers who came down from the mountain region with mules [...]

There are in the city several festivals based on the culture of European immigrants, especially the German colonization, mainly the Oktoberfest (second largest brewer festival in the world, takes place in eighteen days in October) and Stammtisch (traditional meeting of associations in XV de Novembro Street). The Italians, by the other side, make the Festitália [...]

The Mausoleum of Dr. Blumenau was inaugurated in 1974 to homage the German Immigration in Brazil. Idealized by Professor José Ferreira da Silva, the mausoleum houses the remains of Dr. Hermann Blumenau (the founder of the city) and of his relatives. The bronze statue of Hermann was modeled by sculptor Francisco Andrade and was erected [...]

Along with Joinville, the city is one of the largest industry centers of Santa Catarina. The main economical activity of Blumenau is the textile industry, responsible for large manufacturers, such as: Hering, Karsten and Teka. Other highlights are the industries of metallurgy, mechanic and electrical equipment (the largest producer of electrical transformers in Brazil). The [...]

The current territory of Blumenau was inhabited by natives of tribes Kaingang, Xokleng and Botocudo and even before the foundation of Blumenau Colony, there were already families settled in region of Belchior, on edge of Garcia Creek and on Itajaí-Açu River. In 1850, the German pharmaceutical Hermann Bruno Otto Blumenau obtained for the Brazilian government [...]

Joinville has plenty of nicknames, such as: ‘’Princes City’’, ‘’Flowers City’’, Bicycles City’’, ‘’Manchester of Santa Catarina’’ and ‘’Dance City’’. The Dance Festival of the town is the biggest of its kind in the world (recognized by Guiness Book). Zhengzhou (China), Chesapeake (USA), Spisska Nova Ves (Slovakia), Langehausen (Germany), Joinville-le-Pont (France) and Schapphausen (Switzerland) are [...]

The road to Bonito River, located in rural zone, has a beautiful way because of the nature and the buildings of German architecture. En route there are roads that leading to homes and places where you can ‘’go fish and pay’’. At the end of the road, there is a typical German restaurant, which offers [...]

Joinville is the third largest industrial cluster in region South of Brazil. The city produces 18,9% of the GDP in its state. The main industries are large conglomerates of automotive sector, mechanical, chemical, textile and software development. The planting of rice is the main agricultural activity in town. The GDP of Joinville is 13.2 billions [...]

The area of current territory of Joinville was inhabited by natives of Tupi-Guarani tribe. In the eighteenth century, Portuguese families along with their African slaves probably coming from the current region of Sao Paulo state and the nearby city Sao Francisco do Sul settled in the site. They acquired lots and started to cultivate cassava, [...]

Santa Catarina is one of 27 units of Brazil, located in the center of the South Region. It is the twentieth largest state in the nation, the eleventh most populous, and is the ninth most populous with 293 municipalities.
Catholicism is the predominant religion. The official language, as well as in other federal units, is the [...]