Curitiba

Curitiba
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.
Clockwise from Top: Skyline from Barigui Park; 24 Hours Street; Paço da Liberdade; The Botanical Garden of Curitiba, Oscar Niemeyer Museum; Palace Avenue building.
Official seal of Curitiba
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)
Location of Curitiba
Curitiba is located in Brazil
Curitiba
Curitiba
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 25°25′S 49°15′W / 25.417°S 49.250°W / -25.417; -49.250
Country Brazil
RegionSouth
State Paraná
Founded29 March 1693 (323 years)
Incorporated1842
Government
 • MayorRafael Greca (PMN)
Area
 • Municipality430.9 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)
 • Municipality1,879,355[1] (8th)
 • Density4,062/km2 (10,523/sq mi)
 • Metro
3,400,000 (7th)
 • Metro density210.9/km2 (546.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (UTC-3)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2 (UTC-2)
CEP
80000-000 to 82999-999
Area code+55 41
WebsiteCuritiba, 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.

  1. ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Estimativas_de_Populacao/Estimativas_2015/estimativa_dou_2015.pdf
  2. "Planning A Vacation in Brazil". DiscountCruisesAndVacations.net. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  3. "STUDY ABROAD IN THE AMERICAS: BRAZIL". International & Study Abroad Programs. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
  4. "Estimativas Populacionais 2008" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Retrieved 1 September 2008.

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