Ipira is a
municipality in the
state of
Santa Catarina in the
South region Southern Region or South Region may refer to:
* Southern Nigeria
* Southern Region (Boy Scouts of America)
* Southern Region, Bauchi, Nigeria
* South Region, Brazil, an official grouping of states for economic and statistical purposes
* Southern R ...
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
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
, 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)
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