Ascurra Explained

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.

Geography

Ascurra is located 40km (30miles) from Blumenau and 200km (100miles) from the state capital of Florianópolis. The Itajaí-Açu River crosses Ascurra.

Economy

Mainly from the rice agriculture.

Events

Per Tutti – A high Tirolean-influenced party that occurs between August and September.

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/sc/ascurra/panorama IBGE 2020