Statistics
Capital:	Curitiba
Area:	199,544km²
Inhabitants:	9,150,000 (?)
Pop. density:	? inh./km²
Timezone:	GMT -3
ISO 3166-2:	BR-PR
Governor:	Roberto Requião
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Other meanings: Paraná, Argentina, Paraná River Curitiba is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Paraná. In 2001 it had a population of some 1,600,000 people. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Time Zone is also a historical computer game. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ... Overlooking the Paraná River from Encarnación, Paraguay. ...

Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the southern part of the country, bordering Paraguay and Argentina. The territory was set apart from the province of São Paulo in 1853, as a punishment for the latter's support in the insurrection of 1842. It is in the Southern region of Brazil. There are 26 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. ... The Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in South America, and fifth largest in the world. ... The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked republic in South America. ... Argentina is a country in southern South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east. ... São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ... Events January 19 - Giuseppe Verdis opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome January 21 - Russell L. Hawes patents the envelope folding machine January 29 - Napoleon III marries the Spanish Countess Eugènie at the Tuileries March 4 – Inauguration of US president Franklin Pierce June 7 - Franklin College of Lancaster, Pennsylvania merges... Events February 21 - John J. Greenough patents the sewing machine. ... The Brazil southern region is characterized by its high standard of living, the highest in the country, as of 2004, the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul had an average of ~0. ...

The main cities of the state are:

• Curitiba
• Londrina
• Maringá
• Ponta Grossa
• Cascavel
• Guarapuava
• Campo Mourão
• Cornélio Procópio
• Araucária
• São José dos Pinhais
• Paranaguá
• Pato Branco
• Santo Antônio da Platina
• Foz do Iguaçu

Curitiba is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Paraná. In 2001 it had a population of some 1,600,000 people. ... Londrina is a city in southern Brazil that was founded on December 10, 1934. ... Cascavel is a city with aproximately 280. ... Foz do Iguaçu is the 6th largest city of Parana state and the 12nd largest of the Brazils Southern region, with a population of 270,000 habitants (including the nearby community of Santa Terezinha do Iguaçu). ...

Social Care

Paraná has one of the highest standard of living in Brazil, with a relatively low criminality rates, a special attention given to education and health and a HDI of ~0.785, the 4th highest in Brazil. Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, good judgement and wisdom. ... Health can be defined negatively, as the absence of illness, functionally as the ability to cope with everyday activities, or positively, as fitness and well-being (Blaxter 1990). ... The UN Human Development Index (HDI) measures poverty, literacy, education, life expectancy, and other factors. ...

In 2001, with the new governor, Roberto Requião, the state of Parana started a huge educational program, called "Paraná Digital". This program will install about 5m000 laboratories using Linux to every state student. This article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. ...

In October 2003 Paraná banned both the cultivation and transportation of genetically modified crops. This is stricter than the national standard, which prohibits commercial cultivation of such crops, but allows experimental cultivation and permits transport. Paraná, Brazil's largest grain producing state, is now also Brazil's largest exporter of organically-grown crops. A genetically modified organism is an organism whose genetic material has been deliberately altered. ... Organic farming is a way of farming that avoids the use of synthetic chemicals and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and usually subscribes to the principles of sustainable agriculture. ...

Nevertheless, the state has some critical social problems, mainly in the west and in the suburbs of the city of Curitiba and Foz do Iguaçu.

External links

• Paraná (http://www.pr.gov.br); info from its local government.
• Paraná (http://www.webhotel.com.br); Official Hotel Guide.
• Curitiba (http://www.curitiba-brazil.com).
• Brazil Pictures (http://www.geographicguide.com/brazil.htm);