Curitiba

Curitiba is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Paran?. In 2001 it had a population of approximately 1,600,000 people. Its metropolitan area comprises 26 municipalities with a total population of 2.7 million (2000 census) http://www.curitiba-parana.com/geografia-mapas/mapa-regiao-curitiba.htm.

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The city is on a plateau 3,120 feet above sea level. It is 65 miles west of the sea port of Paranagu?, at 25.42? South, 49.29? West.

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The name "Curitiba" comes from the Tupi words Cor? Etuba, "much pine", due to the large number of Brazilian Araucaria trees (Araucaria angustifolia), in the region prior to its foundation. The Portuguese who founded a village in 1693 gave it the name of "Vila da Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais" (Our Lady of the Light in the Pine Forest). The name was changed to "Curitiba" in 1721.

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