Official Name: | Rebouças |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Paraná |
Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Name3: | Sudeste Paranaense |
Established Date: | 1930 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 14,991 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Elevation M: | 815 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
Blank Info: | 0.711 – high[1] |
Rebouças is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. Being filled with some hills in the surroundings and some parts of the city, the high structures are a tower in the hill of Mourão and the church in the city center. (being a part of the Catholic church), One dominant group of ethnicities in the city are Polish and Ukrainians.[2] [3] [4] [5]
The village began in the place known as Butiazal and, around 1902, it was transferred to the place called Rio Azul where it is located. When the railroad reached the town of Rio Azul, the district was renamed Antônio Rebouças, who was the engineer who guided the construction of the railroad. Later, the name was simplified to Rebouças.
Created through State Law nº 2738, of March 31, 1930, and installed on September 21 of the same year, it was dismembered from São João do Triunfo.
It has an area of 481.843 km² representing 0.2417% of the state, 0.0855% of the region and 0.0057% of the entire Brazilian territory. Located at latitude 25°37'15" south and longitude 50°41'34" west, the municipality is 815 m from altitude, and has 14,991 inhabitants (IBGE 2021 estimate).[6]
Census Data - 2000
Total population
13,663
Human Development Index (HDI-M): 0.711
Rebouças has an GDP per capita of R$25,723 (Brazilian real) as of 2019, compared to R$20,498 (Brazilian real) in 2015 or R$11,639 (Brazilian real) in 2010. Although it is growing, the Brazilian Real has devaluated over time.[7]
The municipality of Rebouças is served by the following highways:[8]