Forquilhinha is a municipality in the

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of Santa Catarina. In 2020, it had a population of 27,211 inhabitants.IBGE 2020
/ref> It covers an area of 184.557 km² at an altitude of 42 meters above sea level. It is the native town of cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns and his sister

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. The city is served by

Diomício Freitas Airport Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport previously SBCM, is the airport serving Criciúma, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Forquilhinha. It is named after Diomício Manoel de Freitas (1911-1981), a local entrepreneur and politicia ...

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*''This article is a translation of the corresponding article in the Portuguese-language Wikipedia.'' Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state) {{SantaCatarina-geo-stub