Carambeí

Carambeí is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5] The city originated from a farm that was an obligatory stop on the Caminho do Viamão between the central-west region of Rio Grande do Sul and the state of São Paulo.[6][7] It was founded on April 4, 1911, by a group of Dutch immigrants and developed from the Cooperativa Batavo (now the Cooperative Frisia).[8]

Carambeí
Municipality
Representations of Dutch houses in the Historic Park of the Carambeí
Representations of Dutch houses in the Historic Park of the Carambeí
Official seal of Carambeí
Seal
Country Brazil
RegionSouth
StateParaná
Founded1911
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total23,825
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Etymology

The origin of the name Cararambí derives from the Guarani “karumbe” (turtle) and “y” (water, river): the turtles river.[9]

See also

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. "Almanaque dos Imigrantes 30". Issuu. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  7. "Município de Carambeí". www.cidade-brasil.com.br. 19 July 2022.
  8. "Carambeí - Histórico". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  9. Vicente Ferreira, João Carlos (2006). Cidades Brasileiras, origem e significado de seus nomes, Paraná [Brazilian cities, origin and meaning of their names, Paraná] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Curitiba. p. 78.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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