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 | |
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 Location of Ascurra | |
  Ascurra | |
| Coordinates: 26°57′18″S 49°22′33″W / 26.95500°S 49.37583°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State |  Santa Catarina |
| Founded | April 1, 1963 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lairton Possamai (PMDB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 110.901 km2 (42.819 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 88 m (289 ft) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 7,978 |
| • Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
| HDI (2015) | 0.741 |
| Website | www |
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
editAscurra 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
editMainly from the rice agriculture.
Transportation
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Events
editPer Tutti – A high Tirolean-influenced party that occurs between August and September.
References
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