Telêmaco Borba 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 ...

in the

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

of Paraná in the Southern Region of

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 ...

. Telêmaco Borba is known as the "capital of paper" (Capital do Papel) and "capital of wood" (Capital da Madeira) due to the importance of paper and wood production to the local economy, with

reforestation Reforestation (occasionally, reafforestation) is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands (forestation) that have been depleted, usually through deforestation, but also after clearcutting. Management A debate ...

for growing pine and eucalyptus that reaches 90% of the agricultural area of the municipality.

City

Telêmaco Borba is the second largest city in Campos Gerais, it had a population of 79,792 in 2020, according to the estimate. Telêmaco Borba is highly urbanised, since only 2,400 residents live in the countryside. The city was founded because of

Klabin Klabin is a Brazilian paper producing, exporting and recycling company headquartered in São Paulo. Klabin manufactures packaging paper and board, corrugated boxes, industrial sacks and timber in logs with 22 industrial plants in Brazil and one ...

Papel e Celulose Industry in the early 1940s. Their factory is the largest producer, exporter and recycler of paper in

. Today, the city is the 6th largest Industrial Center in Paraná, thanks to paper/lumber sector. That's why the city is the "Paper and Timber Capital". Telêmaco Borba is a national reference in this sector, and with an industrial park that holds 80 companies with diversified activities. Is also an important regional center in many areas, among them, health and education.

History

With the installation of Klabin Industries in

Tibagi Tibagi is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. Second largest municipality of Paraná in land, Tibagi expands over an area of over . With the vast territory, its economy is based on agriculture and it is consi ...

, encampments arose as Harmonia, Lagoa, Antas, Maua, Mandaçaia, Miranda, Mirandinha. Klabin later bought the land on the left bank of the

Tibagi River The Tibagi River (Portuguese, ''Rio Tibagi'', also spelled ''Tibagy'' and ''Tibají'') is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paranapanema River. See also * List of rivers of Paraná * List of tributaries of th ...

, the facilities front of Paper Mill and Pulp. Klabin, created the Cia. Territorial Tibagi Valley, which was responsible for urban development and subdivision of land. The new residents, the vast majority of employees Klabin, started calling the town of New Town. The New Town was an early development than on July 25, 1960 signed by the governor Moyses Lupion, was elevated to a municipality under the name of Telêmaco Borba, with territory taken from the municipality of Tibagi. However, the city was never even installed, since the Legislative Assembly of the State of Paraná, revoked item IV of article 1 of Law No. 4245, of July 25, 1960 and therefore was extinguished municipality of Telêmaco Borba, returning to the status of mere district with territory belonging to the municipality of Tibagi again, and resuming its former name of New Town. By State Law No. 4,445, of October 16, 1961, the Administrative District of New Town was created in the municipality of Tibagi. On July 5, 1963, by State Law No. 4738, signed by the governor Ney Aminthas de Barros Braga, the district was elevated to municipality emancipated, with territory taken from the municipality of Tibagy, but with the name changed again to definitely Telêmaco Borba. The county name is a tribute to Colonel Telêmaco Augusto Enéas Morosini Borba.

Geography

Usina Mauá (Eletrosul-Copel) - panoramio

Hydrography

* Alegre River *

Das Antas River (Tibagi River) The Das Antas River is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Tibagi River. See also *List of rivers of Paraná A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surna ...

* Faisqueira River *

Harmonia River The Harmonia River is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Tibagi River. See also *List of rivers of Paraná References Rivers of Paraná (state) Harmonia In Greek mythology, Harmonia (; grc, Ἁρ� ...

* Imbaú River * Imbaúzinho River * Quebra-perna River *

Neighbourhoods

* Alto das Oliveiras * Nossa Senhora de Fátima * Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro * Macopa *

Socomim Socomim is a neighbourhood at center of the city of Telêmaco Borba, 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 o ...

* Triângulo

Tourism

* Air tram Telemaco Borba (Cable Car) * Harmonia Grove * Municipal Environmental Park Pedro Cortez * Municipal Tibagi River Park * Samuel Klabin Ecological Park * Luba Klabin Square (Praça dos Pinheiros) * Square Dr. Horacio Klabin * Interpretation Centre of Nature Frans Krajcbeg * Craftsman House * Quail White Sulfurosa Water Supply * Catholic Church Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro * Municipal Museum of Telemaco Borba * Museum of Fauna and Flora * Lake of the House of Culture Square * Mandaçaia pond * Mandaçaia cave * Conceição of the jump * Mauá Plant Dam

Transportation

The city is served by

Telêmaco Borba Airport Telêmaco Borba Airport - Monte Alegre Airport , formerly SBTL is the airport serving Telêmaco Borba, Brazil. It is operated by Indústrias Klabin S/A under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná (SEIL). Airlines and destinations Access Th ...

Highways

* PR-160: Imbaú–Telêmaco Borba and Telêmaco Borba–Curiúva * PR-340: Tibagi–Telêmaco Borba and Telêmaco Borba–Ortigueira * PR-239: Ventania–Telêmaco Borba (Lagoa) *

BR-153 BR-153 is a major federal highway of Brazil, officially named the Transbrasiliana Highway. It also serves as part of the Belém–Brasília Highway in the stretch located between the cities of Wanderlândia, in the state of Tocantins, and Anápo ...

: Tibagi–Ventania

Education

Paraná Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to: Geology *Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America Places In Argentina *Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city * Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province * Paraná, Buenos Aires, a settlement ...

(IFPR): Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Paraná: campus of Telêmaco Borba *

Ponta Grossa State University The State University of Ponta Grossa ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, UEPG) is a public higher education institution in the state of Paraná, Brazil. The university has two campuses in the city of Ponta Grossa and one campus in the ci ...

(UEPG) (Pt: Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa): campus of Telêmaco Borba * Universidade Anhanguera (Uniderp): campus universitário of Telêmaco Borba *

Faculdade de Telêmaco Borba Faculdade de Telêmaco Borba (abbreviated FATEB) is a Brazilian Higher Education institution, based in Telêmaco Borba, Paraná (state) Paraná () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, in the south of the country, bordered on the north by São P ...

(Fateb): campus Carlos Hugo Wolff Von Graffen

Notable people

*Thiago Kosloski, footballer *

Dayenne Mesquita Dayenne Proença Mesquita (born September 23, 1985), best known as Day Mesquita, is a Brazilian actress who played the lead role in two telenovelas. Career Born in Telêmaco Borba, before becoming an actress, Dayenne Mesquita studied theater, ...

, actress

References

External links

Official homepage (in Portuguese)
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