Treze Tílias Dreizehnlinden | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Treze Tílias Municipality of Dreizehnlinden |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | South |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Mauro Dresch |
Leader Party: | PSD |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | April 29, 1963 |
Area Total Km2: | 185.205 |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 7,991 |
Population Density Km2: | 29.4 |
Timezone: | UTC-3 |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Timezone Dst: | UTC-2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2 |
Coordinates: | -27.0019°N -51.4058°W |
Elevation M: | 796 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
Blank Info: | 0.795 – high[2] |
Treze Tílias (German: Dreizehnlinden, literally "Thirteen Lindens") is a municipality located in the state of Santa Catarina, South Region, Brazil. It covers about 185.205 km2 and sits about 470 km from the state capital, Florianópolis. The municipality population estimate for 2020 is 7,991. Treze Tílias was originally created on October 13, 1933.
Founded by Austrian immigrants, the large majority from Tyrol and Vorarlberg, Treze Tílias exhibits an Alpine-influenced timber framing style of architecture. Most residents speak Portuguese and the southern Austro-Bavarian dialect of Austrian German. The economy of Treze Tílias is based on agriculture, tourism, and woodworking.