Brusque is a city in
Santa Catarina,
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 ...
. It was founded in 1860, by 55 German immigrants.
The city was originally called Colônia Itajahy, but on 17 January 1890 it was renamed Brusque after former Santa Catarina province president Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque.
Sports
The official
football team is
Brusque Futebol Clube
Brusque Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Brusque, is a Brazilian professional club based in Brusque, Santa Catarina founded on 12 October 1987.
History
The club was founded on October 12, 1987, after Paysandu-SC and Carlos Renaux fus ...
, founded on October 12, 1987.
Brusque has a strong women's volleyball team in the
Brazilian Super League.
Curiosities
- The city is a pioneer in the invention of the voting machine, and the first polling station to use it was also in Brusque (1988).
- First Latin American city to have public computers (1995).
- Headquarters of the first spinning industry of Santa Catarina (1892 - Textile Factory Renaux).
- Headquarters of the only English colony of Santa Catarina (1867).
- The only city in Brazil to use
chlorine dioxide
Chlorine dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula ClO2 that exists as yellowish-green gas above 11 °C, a reddish-brown liquid between 11 °C and −59 °C, and as bright orange crystals below −59 °C. It is usually ...
to treat water consumed by the population.
Current ethnic composition:
90% Whites; 5% Pardos; 4% Blacks; 0.5% Native American; 0.5% Asian.
Original Population: 50% German; 30% Italian; 10% Portuguese; 9% African; 1% Asian.
Religions
80% Catholics; 15% Lutherans; 4% Evangelicals;
1% Jehovah's Witness.
Notable natives
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Júlia Bergmann
Júlia Isabelle Bergmann (born February 21, 2001) is a German-Brazilian volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Brazil women's national volleyball team
Early life
Júlia Isabelle Bergmann was born and raised in Munich, Germany ...
, volleyball player for the Brazilian national team
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Murilo Fischer - Professional
road bicycle racer
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Ederson Tormena
Ederson Tormena (born March 14, 1986 in Brusque) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He last played for Asteras Tripoli in Greece.
Career
He signed a 5-year contract in April 2003 for Juventude and on 11 July 2007 for ...
- Footballer
*Bruno Moritz - Musician
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Brandão Brandão (), in English sometimes ''Brandao'' (without the obligatory tilde), is a Portuguese language surname or given name and a place name.
It may refer to:
Places
* Bueno Brandão, Brazil
* Caldas Brandão, Brazil
* Milton Brandão, Brazil
...
- Footballer
*
Luciano Hang
Luciano Hang ComMA(born 11 October 1962) is a Brazilian billionaire businessman, the co-founder of the Havan department store chain, which he owns nearly all of. Bloomberg LP have called him "a free-market evangelist and arguably Jair Bolsonaro' ...
- Businessman
References
External links
Brusque page
Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state)
Populated places established in 1860
German-Brazilian culture
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