Içara is a city in the

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ian state of Santa Catarina. It is located 170 km south 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 state capital and around 890 km south of

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. It is the Brazilian capital of the

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and

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industries, but is also very strong in plastic,

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and

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. Nearby cities are

Siderópolis Siderópolis is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. History Siderópolis (Nova Belluno) is one of the first Italian ...

Cocal do Sul Cocal do Sul is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Santa Catarina This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Santa Catarina (SC), located in the South Reg ...

, Morro da Fumaça,

Maracajá Maracajá is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. ...

Araranguá Araranguá is a city located in the southern part of Santa Catarina state, in the south of Brazil. It has 68,867 inhabitants and was settled mainly by Portuguese and Italians. Araranguá is known as "A Cidade das Avenidas" ("''The City of the A ...

, Nova Veneza,

Forquilhinha Forquilhinha is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. In 2020, it had a population of 27,211 inhabitants. 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 Eva ...

and Criciuma. Several small towns lie around Içara forming a metropolitan area of 250 thousand people. The most important are: *Criciuma (larger city) *

Urussanga Urussanga is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. The name means "very cold water" in the Tupi language.NAVARRO, E. A. ''Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil''. São Paulo. Gl ...

*Nova Veneza *

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*Siderópolis * Orleans *Araranguá * Timbe do Sul

Notable people

* Jean Coral (born 1988), Brazilian footballer *

Kathiê Librelato Kathiê Goulart Librelato (born 1998) is a Brazilian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 2018. Chess career She has represented Brazil in the Chess Olympiad: * In 2016, scoring 4½/8 on board four. * In 201 ...

(born 1988), Chess player

References

External links

City’s official website
(in Portuguese) Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state) {{SantaCatarina-geo-stub