| Brusque | |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Brusque |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Nickname: | Tissue City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Name1: | South |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | August 4, 1860 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ari Vequi |
| Leader Party: | MDB |
| Area Total Km2: | 284.749 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 137,689 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Elevation M: | 21 |
| Area Code: | + 55 (47) |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | 88350-000 |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
| Blank Info: | 0.795 – high[3] |
Brusque is a city in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. It was founded in 1860, by 55 German immigrants.
The city was originally called Colônia Itajahy, but on 17 January 1890 it was renamed Brusque after former Santa Catarina province president Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque.[4]
The official football team is Brusque Futebol Clube, founded on October 12, 1987.[5]
Brusque has a strong women's volleyball team in the Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol.
- The city is a pioneer in the invention of the voting machine, and the first polling station to use it was also in Brusque (1988).
- First Latin American city to have public computers (1995).
- Headquarters of the first spinning industry of Santa Catarina (1892 - Textile Factory Renaux).
- Headquarters of the only English colony of Santa Catarina (1867).
- The only city in Brazil to use chlorine dioxide to treat water consumed by the population.
Current ethnic composition:90% Whites; 5% Pardos; 4% Blacks; 0.5% Native American; 0.5% Asian. Original Population: 50% German; 30% Italian; 10% Portuguese; 9% African; 1% Asian.
80% Catholics; 15% Lutherans; 4% Evangelicals;1% Jehovah's Witness.