Treze Tílias (

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: ''Dreizehnlinden'', literally "Thirteen Lindens") 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 ...

located in the state of Santa Catarina, South Region,

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. It covers about 185.205 km² and sits about 470 km from the state capital, Florianópolis. The municipality population estimate for 2020 is 7,991. Treze Tílias was originally created on October 13, 1933. Founded by

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immigrants, the large majority from

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and

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, Treze Tílias exhibits an Alpine-influenced

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style of architecture. Most residents speak

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and the

southern Austro-Bavarian Southern Bavarian or South Bavarian, is a cluster of Upper German dialects of the Bavarian group. They are primarily spoken in Tyrol (i.e. the Austrian federal state of Tyrol and the Italian province of South Tyrol), in Carinthia and in the west ...

dialect of

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. The economy of Treze Tílias is based on

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, and

woodworking Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinet making (cabinetry and furniture), wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning. History Along with stone, clay and animal parts, wood was one of the first mate ...

References

Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state) 1963 establishments in Brazil {{SantaCatarina-geo-stub