São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina

São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina
Municipality
São Pedro de Alcântara
Coordinates: BR 27°33′58″S 48°48′18″W / 27.566°S 48.805°W / -27.566; -48.805
Country  Brazil
Region South
State Santa Catarina
Mesoregion Grande Florianópolis
Government
 • Mayor Ernei José Stähelin[1]
Time zone UTC -3

São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]

The municipality contains part of the Rio das Lontras Private Natural Heritage Reserve, a fully protected area of montane rainforest in the Atlantic Forest biome.[6]

German influence

On the first day of March 1829 the first German speaking colony of the state of Santa Catarina was founded, receiving the Portuguese name of Colônia São Pedro de Alcântara, located not too far from the state's capital, Desterro, having its name changed in modern times to Florianópolis. Initially the colony did not experience great success when compared to other similar federal, state, or private enterprises, but with time it got incorporated into Florianópolis, a modern and thriving Brazilian metropolitan area. The state of Santa Catarina has a highest percentage of German descent people compared to all other Brazilian states; however, the state of Rio Grande do Sul, just south of it, has by far the highest number of German-Brazilians in total numbers, with around one quarter of its inhabitants speaking German, more often than not a dialect, at home or amongst locals.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prefeitura de São pedro da Alcântara
  2. ↑ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. ↑ RPPN Reserve Ecologica Rio das Lontras (in Portuguese), Associação dos Proprietários de Reservas Particulares do Patrimônio Natural de Santa Catarina, retrieved 2016-05-18


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