Ascurra
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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 | |
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Coordinates: 26°57′18″S 49°22′33″W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | South |
State | Santa Catarina |
Founded | April 1, 1963 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Lairton Possamai (PMDB) |
Area | |
• Total | 110.901 km2 (42.819 sq mi) |
Elevation | 88 m (289 ft) |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 7,978 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
HDI (2015) | 0.741 |
Website | www |
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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]