São José dos Pinhais () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the state of
Paraná in Brazil. It is a part of the Metropolitan Region of
Curitiba.
Etymology
With geographical and religious origins the city's name is a homage to São José (Saint Joseph) and to the extense pine tree forests that used to cover the municipality territory ("pinhais").
History
The creation of the municipality of São José dos Pinhais was made through the law No. 10 of the then province of São Paulo, on July 16, 1852. This law specified that the headquarters of the city would be called Villa of São José dos Pinhais, but the political establishment, with the installation of the City Council, occurred on January 8, 1853. On December 27, 1897, the village was finally elevated to city status.
In 1958,
Nereu Ramos (
President of Brazil
The president of Brazil ( pt, Presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil ( pt, Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the ''President of the Republic'', is the head of state and head o ...
) died in a plane crash in the Colony Murici, close to São José dos Pinhais.
Location
São José dos Pinhais is the second most populous of the meso and the population has grown rapidly in a short time: in 2000 there were approximately 196 000 inhabitants, in 2008 the number is over 280 000 inhabitants. São José dos Pinhais is the municipality with the fifth largest metropolitan region of
Curitiba and the third in the Human Development Index (IDH in Portuguese). It has 21 districts, Guatupê being the most populated, with 16.743 inhabitants in 2010.
It is the third pole of Brazil automotive, housing automakers
Volkswagen
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,
Audi
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Th ...
,
Nissan and
Renault
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. It is also home to the
Afonso Pena International Airport
Afonso Pena International Airport is the main airport serving Curitiba, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of São José dos Pinhais. It is named after Afonso Pena (1847–1909), the 6th President of Brazil.
It is operated by CCR.
...
, the main air terminal in the Brazilian state of Paraná.
The municipality contains 12% of the
Guaratuba Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992.
It contains about 13% of the
Guaricana National Park
The Guaricana National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional Guaricana) is a national park in the state of Paraná, Brazil.
It protects a mountainous area holding a remnant of Atlantic Forest.
Location
The Guaricana National Park covers parts of the munici ...
, created in 2014 to protect a mountainous area of Atlantic Forest.
References
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1852 establishments in Brazil
Populated places established in 1852
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