Apucarana

Place in South, Brazil

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23°33′03″S 51°27′39″W / 23.55083°S 51.46083°W / -23.55083; -51.46083Country

BrazilRegionSouthState

ParanáFounded1944Area

• Total548 km² (212 sq mi)Elevation

840 m (2,760 ft)Population

(2020)

• Total136,234 • Density250/km² (640/sq mi)DemonymApucaranenseTime zoneUTC-3 (UTC-3)Postal code

86800

Area code(+55) 43WebsiteOfficial website (in Portuguese)

Apucarana is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The municipality covers 548 square kilometres (212 sq mi) at an elevation of 840 metres (2,760 ft) above mean sea level. Its 2020 population was estimated as 136,234.^[1]

Transportation

The city is served by Cap. João Busse Airport^[2] which is located 10 kilometers (5 nautical miles) southeast of Apucarana.^[3]

Economy

In agriculture, the city stands in production of coffee, soy, beans and corn. The industry stands out for leather production (3% of Brazil's total) and the manufacturing of caps (80% of production in Brazil).

Culture

Cherry blossom in Apucarana. The first hundred trees were planted by Japanese descendants in the 1980s. Today the city has more than 20.000 sakuras.^[4]

The city received thousands of immigrants from Portugal, Ukraine, Poland, Germany and especially from Japan (who did strong influence in culture like in the Buddhist religion and the amount of cherry trees planted - the city has more than 20,000 sakuras and annually do the "Cherry Festival" to celebrate the Japanese culture^[4]).

Races
White	71.95%
Brown	17.84%
Black	5.97%
Asian	3.77%
Natives	0.47%

source : PARDES 2010

Religion

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apucarana.

Illustrious Apucaranenses

Anderson - Retired footballer
Bruno Henrique - Footballer
César Romero - Footballer
Gazão - Footballer
Giovane Vieira de Paula - Paracanoeist
Guilherme Azevedo - Footballer
Izabella Camargo - Journalist
Randas Batista - medical doctor and cardiac surgeon

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ Apucarana - SSAP (Cap. João Busse) Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at official Paraná website. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
^ Distance & heading from Apucarana to airport (SSAP) as calculated by Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
^ ^a ^b "Cerejeiras enfeitam cidade no norte do Paraná" (in Portuguese). Jornal Nacional. Retrieved 2011-07-15.