Castro is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.[3][4][5][6] In 2020 it had a population of 71,809 people. The main road running through the town is the PR-151 road.
Castro | |
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| Municipality of Castro | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
 Municipal location | |
  Castro Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 24°47′27″S 50°0′43″W / 24.79083°S 50.01194°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State |  Paraná |
| Mesoregion | Centro Oriental Paranaense |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 71,809 |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| Area code | 42 |
| HDI (2010) | 0.703 – high[2] |
History
editThe first inhabitants were the indigenous people, Castro was discovered on 19 March 1704, and it became municipality in 1857. In the 1930s, the largest European Immigration happened, they were Dutch, Russians, Italians and Ukrainians.
Economy
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Castrolanda is a colony that was founded by Dutch immigrants between 1951 and 1954. Testament to this there is a windmill in Castro. Its economy is based on agricultural production and dairy farming which is one of the most important in this region that is considered the largest dairy in Brazil due to their genetic quality. It has a considerable production of grain, mostly soy and beans. Also having one of the largest agricultural cooperatives in Brazil, which bears the name of the colony.
Geography
editClimate
editCastro has oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb), the average temperature on summer is 25°C, on winter the temperature reaches to 11°C, the temperature rarely drops below 5°C or exceeds 15°C. There's occasionally snow fall on winter. Frost are common on winter. The highest temperature was 35°C on 4 January 1949. The lowest temperature was -7°C on 1 August 1955.
| Climate data for Castro (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.1 (46.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 196.8 (7.75) |
150.3 (5.92) |
136.1 (5.36) |
90.7 (3.57) |
125.3 (4.93) |
86.2 (3.39) |
92.1 (3.63) |
68.1 (2.68) |
132.2 (5.20) |
148.8 (5.86) |
123.2 (4.85) |
135.6 (5.34) |
1,485.4 (58.48) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 110 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84.0 | 84.6 | 84.6 | 84.9 | 85.8 | 85.5 | 83.8 | 81.8 | 82.2 | 82.2 | 80.1 | 81.2 | 83.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 135.6 | 127.9 | 152.9 | 141.0 | 141.1 | 139.9 | 152.7 | 152.4 | 124.3 | 128.2 | 147.9 | 134.2 | 1,678.1 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[7] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
edit- Aimée de Heeren (1903-2006), WW2 secret service agent, girlfriend of Patrick J Kennedy Jr, socialite
- Paulo Miranda (1988-), football player
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
24°47′27″S 50°00′43″W / 24.79083°S 50.01194°W
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