Prudentópolis

Prudentópolis (Brazilian Portuguese: [pɾudẽˈtɔpolis]) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Paraná, in Southern Brazil. As of 2020, it had a population of 52,513 people.

Prudentópolis
Municipality
Municipality of Prudentópolis
Flag of Prudentópolis
Flag
Official seal of Prudentópolis
Seal
Nickname(s): 
Pequena Ucrânia
(Little Ukraine)
Location in Paraná
Location in Paraná
Prudentópolis is located in Brazil
Prudentópolis
Prudentópolis
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 25°12′46″S 50°58′40″W
Country Brazil
RegionSouth
State Paraná
MesoregionSudeste Paranaense
Founded12 August 1906
Government
 • MayorOsnei Stadler (UNIÃO)
Area
[1]
 • Total2,247.141 km2 (867.626 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
744 m (2,441 ft)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total52,513
 • Density23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Demonymprudentopolitano
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code
84400-000
HDI (2010)0.676 – medium[4]
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

It is the center of the Ukrainian community in Brazil. The Ukrainian city Ternopil is the sister city to Prudentópolis.

Moreover, the town is surrounded by 100 waterfalls, which also attracts many tourists.[5]

History

In 1882, the project of the construction of roads in central Paraná attracted the first families to the region. Firmo Mendes de Queiroz, descended from bandeirantes, settled there, living on agriculture. He built a chapel, giving birth to a place called "Vilinha" (Little Village) by its inhabitants. In 1894, the government decided to colonize the region of São João do Capanema. Cândido Ferreira de Abreu, the owner of this colony, decided to change its name to Prudentópolis, in honor to Brazilian president Prudente de Morais. In 1895, to settle this region, 1,500 Ukrainian families, about 8,000 people, came to Prudentópolis. This immigration continued until the 1920s.[6]

Most of the immigrants were from the Ternopil region of Ukraine, and today the Ukrainian city Ternopil is sister city of Prudentópolis.[7]

Population

Nowadays, Prudentópolis is home to the largest population of Ukrainian descent in Brazil (75% of the municipality's inhabitants).[7] Other ethnic groups that make up its population are Italians, Poles and Germans.

The Ukrainian culture is still preserved by its inhabitants: the Ukrainian language is taught in local schools and used a liturgical language and there are typically Ukrainian constructions.

Religion

The Ukrainian Catholic particular church, which used the Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language, has there the Catedral Ucraniana Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição, cathedral episcopal see of an eparchy (diocese), the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis. It is (the sole) suffragan of the Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba, who heads the only proper Eastern rite ecclesiastical province in Brazil.

References
  1. "IBGE Prudentópolis" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. "Município de Prudentópolis" (in Portuguese). Cidade-Brasil. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. IBGE 2020
  4. "IDHM Ranking" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  5. Prudentópolis atrativo
  6. História Prudentópolis Archived 2009-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Українська стала офіційною мовою муніципалітету в Бразилії – СКУ [Ukrainian became an official language of a municipality in Brazil: Ukrainian World Congress]. Radio Svoboda (in Ukrainian). 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

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