Lages
Lages
Municipality in South, Brazil
Lages is a Brazilian municipality located in the central part of the state of Santa Catarina, in the region known in Portuguese as "Planalto Serrano".
Lages | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Lages | |
| Nickname: Princesa da Serra (Princess of the Serra) | |
Location in the state of Santa Catarina and Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 27°48′57″S 50°19′33″W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State | Santa Catarina |
| Founded | November 22, 1776 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antonio Ceron |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,644.313 km2 (1,643.099 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 916 m (3,005 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 164,981 |
| • Density | 62.55/km2 (162.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.770 – high[2] |
| Website | www |
It is located in the mountain region of the state and is the largest municipality of it. It is the main city of this region, and borders the towns of Otacílio Costa, São Joaquim, and Correia Pinto. The main course of urban water is Carahá River.
Lages hosts an annual festival called Festa do Pinhão, that is famous throughout the country.
Economically, the city is known for its strong cattle breeding and wood processing factories.
In the beginning of the 17th century, the arrival of the first Europeans established the town. The growing of the Campos de Lajens was due to the opening of roads to reach the fields of the state Rio Grande do Sul. The people of São Paulo and Minas Gerais were attracted to this region due to the cattle-breeding business with the gauchos.
Very primitive documents mention Lajens as a stop for horse riders that were traveling from Sorocaba or São Paulo, transporting mules, horses and cattle. Correia Pinto, the founder, was a horse rider, and ran cattle groups from Lajens to São Paulo.
On November 22, 1766, Lajens was promoted to state from village. In 1820 it detached itself from São Paulo to be part of the state of Santa Catarina. On May 25, 1860, it was elevated to city status. In 1960 the city's name was changed to Lages with a "g" wrongly inserted.
During the Revolução Farroupilha, Lages belonged to the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Lages is served by Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport and Planalto Serrano Regional Airport located in the adjoining municipality of Correia Pinto.
Lages is located in the mountain region of the state and is the largest municipality of it. It is the main city of this region, and borders the towns of Otacílio Costa, São Joaquim, and Correia Pinto. The main course of urban water is Carahá River.
Climate
Lages has a subtropical highland climate (Koppen: Cfb), with an annual mean temperature of 16 °C (61 °F). Winter temperatures can stay below freezing, with occurrence of frost and snow. During the summer, temperatures may reach 30 °C (86 °F) and droughts may occur.
Records
Data by INMET shows that the lowest temperature recorded in the city between 1961 and 2017 was −6 °C (21 °F) on 14 July 2000[3] and the highest was 34.5 °C (94.1 °F) on 9 January 2006.[4] On 1 October 2001, the city accumulated a record of 177 millimetres (7.0 in) of precipitation in a period of 24 hours. Previous large accumulations include 122 millimetres (4.8 in) on 22 October 1979 and 117.2 millimetres (4.61 in) on 16 April 1971.[5]
With 671.4 millimetres (26.43 in), August 1983 was the month with the most accumulated precipitation.[6] The lowest relative humidity observed was of 20% on 13 November 1971.[7]
| Climate data for Lages (normals 1981 to 2010; extremes 1971 to 2017) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.5 (94.1) |
34.3 (93.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
30.8 (87.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
31 (88) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.6 (90.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.5 (94.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.4 (77.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
19 (66) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24 (75) |
26.1 (79.0) |
22.1 (71.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18 (64) |
19.9 (67.8) |
16.1 (61.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
8 (46) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
7 (45) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−6 (21) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−4 (25) |
0.2 (32.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−6 (21) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 163 (6.4) |
158 (6.2) |
120 (4.7) |
111.8 (4.40) |
126 (5.0) |
111.4 (4.39) |
181.5 (7.15) |
117.5 (4.63) |
157.3 (6.19) |
191.4 (7.54) |
136 (5.4) |
133.7 (5.26) |
1,707.6 (67.26) |
| Average precipitation days | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 115 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 79.9 | 79.8 | 81.1 | 83.2 | 84.8 | 83.3 | 79 | 80 | 79.9 | 75.6 | 75.2 | 80.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 198.5 | 168.7 | 180 | 158.6 | 149.1 | 129 | 143.3 | 163.3 | 137.1 | 150.9 | 200.9 | 207.6 | 1,987 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET); data for the period of 1981-2010[8] Absolute temperature records: 1 January 1961 to 3 April 2017)[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Lages contains seventy-two neighborhoods:[9]
- Araucária[10]
- Área Industrial
- Bates
- Beatriz
- Bela Vista
- Bom Jesus
- Boqueirão[11]
- Brusque
- Caça e Tiro
- Caravágio
- Caroba
- CDL
- Centenário
- Centro
- Cidade Alta
- Chapada
- Conta Dinheiro
- Copacabana
- Coral
- Conte
- Cruz de Malta
- Dom Daniel[12]
- Ferrovia
- Frei Rogério[13]
- Gethal
- Gralha Azul
- Guadalupe
- Guadalajara
- Guarujá
- Golin
- Habitação
- Ipiranga
- Jardim Celina
- Jardim das Camélias
- Jardim Panorâmico
- Maria Luiza
- Morro do Posto
- Morro Grande
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida
- Passo Fundo
- Penha
- Petrópolis
- Pisani
- Ponte Grande[14][15]
(Jardim Cepar)
(Avenida Corina Caon) - Popular
- Pró-Morar
- Restinga Seca
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus
- Santa Catarina
- Santa Cândida
- Santa Clara
- Santa Helena
- Santa Maria
- Santa Mônica[16]
- Santa Rita
- Santo Antônio
- São Cristóvão
- São Francisco
- Salto Caveiras
- São Luiz
- São Miguel
- São Paulo
- São Pedro
- São Sebastião
- Triângulo
- Tributo
- Universitário
- Várzea
- Vila Comboni
- Vila Maria
- Vila Mariza
- Vila Nova
- Vista Alegre[17]
- View of the Catedral Diocesana
- The azure jay (gralha azul) is the city bird
- "Population". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- "Ranking - Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano Municipal - 2010" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- "BDMEP - série histórica - dados diários - temperatura mínima (°C) - Lages". Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- "BDMEP - série histórica - dados diários - temperatura máxima (°C) - Lages". Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- "BDMEP - série histórica - dados diários - precipitação (mm) - Lages". Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- "BDMEP - série histórica - dados mensais - precipitação total (mm) - Lages". Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- "BDMEP - série histórica - dados horários - umidade relativa (%) - Lages". Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- "Normais Climatológicas do Brasil". Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- "Bairros da cidade Lages". Guia Mais. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017.
- "Araucária, Lages". City Facts. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021.
- "Boqueirão, Lages". City Facts. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021.
- "Dom Daniel, Lages". City Facts. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021.
- "Frei Rogério, Lages". City Facts. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021.
- "Ponte Grande, Lages". City Facts. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021.
- "Pte. Grande". Google maps.
- "Santa Mônica, Lages". City Facts. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021.
- "Vista Alegre, Lages". City Facts. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021.
- Lages City Hall Archived 2017-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Festa do Pinhão official site