Ascurra

Ascurra

Ascurra

Place in South, Brazil

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.

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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

  1. [1]
    IBGE 2020
  2. [2]
    "Ascurra" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  3. [3]
    "Aspectos Geográficos" (in Portuguese). Ascurra, Santa Catarina, Brazil: Município de Ascurra. 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-11.


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