Arroio Trinta is a municipality in the state of
Santa Catarina in the South region of
Brazil
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. The population in 2020 was 3,549 inhabitants.
History
Etymology
There is a degree of curiosity concerning the name of the town. It is said that in order to arrive at the city of
Videira
Videira is a city in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil. The estimated population in 2020 was 53,610 inhabitants.
The city is called "Capital do Vinho" (The Wine Capital) in reference to the production of this alcoholic drink. In the past, Vi ...
(to which the town belonged until 1961), a small river (Arroio) had to be crossed thirty (Trinta) times, and for this reason the name of the town became Arroio Trinta.
Origin
The Italian descendants who immigrated to the region of
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
Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language wh ...
began to colonise Arroio Trinta in 1924. Until then, the population was made up of caboclos.
The first
mill
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of Arroio Trinta came a year later after the arrival of the first families and the first
sawmill
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was established five years later.
See also
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List of municipalities in Santa Catarina
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Santa Catarina (SC), located in the South Region of Brazil. Santa Catarina is divided into 295 municipalities, which are grouped into 20 microregions, which are grouped into 6 mesoregions.
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Official Arroio Trinta Website
References
Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state)
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