Ascurra is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
located in the
Santa Catarina state of
Brazil
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. Ascurra has a strong
Italian culture
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due to its colonization in 1876 by farmers from
Welschtirol.
Hermann Blumenau
Hermann Bruno Otto Blumenau (December 26, 1819 – October 30, 1899) was a German pharmacist who founded the city of Blumenau, situated in the Itajaí-Açu river valley in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Biography
Hermann Bruno Ott ...
(1819–1899) named the municipality after a point in
Serra do Ibitirapé,
Paraguay
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of the same name that was taken by the
Brazilian Army during the
Paraguayan War
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in 1869.
Ascurra covers , and has a population of 7,978 with a population density of 70 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Geography
Ascurra is located from
Blumenau
Blumenau is a city in Vale do Itajaí, state of Santa Catarina (Brazil), Santa Catarina, in the South Region, Brazil, South Region of Brazil. It is away from the state capital of Florianópolis.
The city was founded by the German chemist an ...
and from the state capital of
Florianópolis
Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...
. The
Itajaí-Açu River crosses Ascurra.
Economy
Mainly from the
rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima
''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...
agriculture.
Transportation
Events
Per Tutti – A high Tirolean-influenced party that occurs between August and September.
References
Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state)
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