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Ipira is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the
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of Brazil. It is part of the "Concórdia" micro-region.


History

The modern history of Ipira begins at the end of the nineteenth century with the arrival from
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, of the first colonists, in 1890. They settled various areas currently included in Ipira. Ipira itself dates from 1913 when Antônio Ko Freitag acquired a parcel of land from the railway company. Between 1915 and 1917 more settler families arrived from the Brazilian south, these coming from Montenegro.


See also

* List of municipalities in Santa Catarina


References

Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state) {{SantaCatarina-geo-stub