Concórdia is a city in the
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian state of
Santa Catarina. It was founded by colonizers of the State of
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
, basically descendants of
Italians
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, population =
, regions = Italy 55,551,000
, region1 = Brazil
, pop1 = 25–33 million
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and
Germans
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, region1 =
, pop1 = 72,650,269
, region2 =
, pop2 = 534,000
, region3 =
, pop3 = 157,000
3,322,405
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, who immigrated to Brazil in the 19th century. It is located 480 km west 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 population is 75,167 (2020 est.) in an area of 799.88 km².
The city is served by
Olavo Cecco Rigon Airport.
The municipality contains the
Fritz Plaumann State Park
The Fritz Plaumann State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Fritz Plaumann) is a state park in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
It protects one of the last remnants of seasonal deciduous forest in the state on the shore of the reservoir of the Itá H ...
, created in 2003.
The city is also founding place to
Sadia
Sadia S.A. is a major Brazilian food producer that has been a subsidiary of BRF S.A. since 2009. It is among the world's leading producers of frozen foods, and is Brazil's main exporter of meat-based products.
In Portuguese the word ''sadia'' ...
, one of the largest meat manufacturers in Brazil, as well as
Coopercarga, a large cargo transportation company.
References
Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state)
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