Laguna is a Brazilian

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located in the southern state of Santa Catarina, 120 kilometers south of the state's capital,

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as we ...

, and north east of

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. The population is 46,122 (2020 est.) in an area of 336.4 km². The elevation is 2 m. The BR-101 coastal highway passes through the municipality. The city was founded in 1676 by rural people of the ''capitania'' of São Vicente. In 1714, the locality was recognized as a

, and in 1847 it received the status of

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. It was the capital of the short-lived

Juliana Republic The Juliana Republic () or the Catarinense Republic (''República Catarinense''), fully and officially the Free and Independent Catarinense Republic (''República Catarinense Livre e Independente''), was a revolutionary state that existed betwe ...

in 1839. The city's flag is a tricolor with yellow, white and green, and has a coat of arms in the middle. A pod of

bottlenose dolphin The bottlenose dolphin is a toothed whale in the genus ''Tursiops''. They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Molecular studies show the genus contains three species: the common bot ...

s resident in the sea off Laguna drive fish towards fishermen who stand at the beach in shallow waters. Then one dolphin rolls over, which the fishermen take as sign to throw out their nets. The dolphins feed on the escaping fish. The dolphins were not trained for this behavior; the collaboration has been going on at least since 1847.

Southern right whale The southern right whale (''Eubalaena australis'') is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus ''Eubalaena''. Southern right whales inhabit oceans south of the Equator, between the latitudes of 20� ...

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People

* Anita Garibaldi, wife of Italian revolutionary

Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as (). In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as () or (). 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. H ...

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Climate

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About the city's flag
Populated coastal places in Santa Catarina (state) Capitals of former nations Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state) 1676 establishments in Brazil {{SantaCatarina-geo-stub