Official Name: | Ascurra |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | South |
Subdivision Name2: | Santa Catarina |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Lairton Possamai |
Leader Party: | PMDB |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | April 1, 1963 |
Area Total Km2: | 110.901 |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 7,978 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | UTC-3 |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Timezone Dst: | UTC-2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2 |
Coordinates: | -26.955°N -49.3758°W |
Elevation M: | 88 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2015) |
Blank Info: | 0.741 |
Ascurra is a municipality located in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil. Ascurra has a strong Italian culture due to its colonization in 1876 by farmers from Welschtirol. Hermann Blumenau (1819–1899) named the municipality after a point in Serra do Ibitirapé, Paraguay of the same name that was taken by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War in 1869.
Ascurra covers 110.901km2, and has a population of 7,978 with a population density of 70 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Ascurra is located 40km (30miles) from Blumenau and 200km (100miles) from the state capital of Florianópolis. The Itajaí-Açu River crosses Ascurra.
Mainly from the rice agriculture.
Per Tutti – A high Tirolean-influenced party that occurs between August and September.