Curitiba | |
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Município de Curitiba Municipality of Curitiba | |
![]() Clockwise from Top: Skyline from Barigui Park; 24 Hours Street; Paço da Liberdade; The Botanical Garden of Curitiba, Oscar Niemeyer Museum; Palace Avenue building. | |
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Nickname(s): Portuguese: Cidade Modelo ("Model City"); Portuguese: Capital Ecológica do Brasil ("Ecological Capital of Brazil"); Portuguese: Cidade Verde ("Green City"); Portuguese: Capital das Araucárias ("Capital of Araucarias"); Portuguese: A Cidade da Névoa Eterna ("The City of Eternal Fog") | |
Motto(s): A Cidade da Gente (Our City; The People's City) | |
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Coordinates: 25°25′S 49°15′W / 25.417°S 49.250°W | |
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Region | South |
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Founded | 29 March 1693 (323 years) |
Incorporated | 1842 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Rafael Greca (PMN) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 430.9 km2 (166.4 sq mi) |
• Urban | 319.4 km2 (123.3 sq mi) |
• Metro | 15,416.9 km2 (5,952 sq mi) |
Elevation | 934.6 m (3,066.3 ft) |
Population (2015) | |
• Municipality | 1,879,355[1] (8th) |
• Density | 4,062/km2 (10,523/sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,400,000 (7th) |
• Metro density | 210.9/km2 (546.2/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
CEP | 80000-000 to 82999-999 |
Area code | +55 41 |
Website | Curitiba, Paraná |
Curitiba (pron. IPA: [kuɾi'tibɐ] or IPA: [kuɾi'tʃibɐ]) is the capital and the largest city in the state of Paraná. It has the largest population and economy in the southern part of Brazil.[2][3] It is one of the most important cities of Brazil's southern region. More than 1,800,000 people live in it.[4] It covers an area of 430.9 km². It is the 7th largest Brazilian city and 4th largest in the Southern Cone (the south part of South America). The urban area of Curitiba is looked after by 26 local governments and has 3,335,588 people living there.