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Santa Catarina

Capital Florianópolis Island

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Santa Catarina is a privileged place due to its diversity

of natural beauty andbecause of its ethnic-cultural mosaic.

Considering it occupies only 95.4 thousand km2 –

equivalent to 1% of the Brazilianterritory – the state offers a surprising

variety of landscapes.

The coastlineis 560 km long and more than 500

beaches are paradisiacal. Santa Catarina State today

has a large variety oflandscapes ecosystems historic roots

and economic activities.

Capital Floripa

Joaquina Dunes

Family relax

Camboriú Beach

Porto Belo

São Francisco

The Azoreans settled on the coast. The inland regions were occupied as of theXIX century by successive migratory waves

As well as Indians, Portuguese and Negroes,the ethnic Catarinense amalgam includesGermans, Italians, Ukrainians,Poles, Tyroleses, Russians,Japanese, Syrians, Lebanesesand various others .

AREA: 95.442 Km2POPULATION: 5.3 million inhabitantsDEMOGRAPHIC DENSITY: 53.41 inhabitants/km2CAPITAL: FlorianópolisHIGHEST PEAK: 1,828 metres(Morro da Igreja, Urubici)TEMPERATURE:Between 13°C and 25°CMinimum: - 5°C | Maximum: - 35°C

Perequê

Praia Brava

Ilha do Campeche

Florianópolis moonlight

Lagoa da Conceição

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