The Southern Region of Brazil is one of the five administrative regions of Brazil. It includes the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul and covers 576,300.8 km ², being the smallest portion of the country. It is a great tourist, economic and cultural pole. It borders Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay as well as the Center-West Region, the Southeast Region and the Atlantic Ocean. The region received large amounts of European immigrants during the 19th century, who largely influenced the demography and cultural aspects of it. The main ethnic groups of Southern Brazil are Brazilians of Portuguese, German and Italian descent.^[1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Brazil is divided into twenty-six estados (states; singular estado) and one district, the Distrito Federal (Federal District) which contains the capital city, Brasília. ... 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UTC redirects here. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Brazil is currently divided in five regions, by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE). ... Capital (and largest city) Curitiba Demonym Paranaense Government  -  Governor Roberto Requião  -  Vice Governor Orlando Pessuti Area  -  Total 281. ... Capital Florianópolis Largest city Joinville Demonym Catarinense or Barriga-verde Government  -  Governor Luiz Henrique  -  Vice Governor Leonel Pavan Area  -  Total 95. ... Flag of Rio Grande do Sul See other Brazilian States Capital Porto Alegre Largest City Porto Alegre Area 282,062 km² Population   - Total   - Density 10. ... Tourist redirects here. ... Brazil has a free market and export-oriented economy. ... 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History

Pre-Columbian History

Main article: Indigenous peoples of Brazil

Ruins of São Miguel das Missões, where the Jesuits used to live with the local Indians.

By the time the first European explorers arrived, all parts of the territory were inhabited by semi-nomadic Indian tribes, who subsisted on a combination of hunting, fishing, gathering, and agriculture. The indigenous people of Brazil (povos indígenas in Portuguese) comprise a large number of distict ethnic groups who inhabited the countrys present territory prior its discovery by Europeans around 1500. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,592 × 1,944 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,592 × 1,944 pixels, file size: 1. ... São Miguel das Missões is a town in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, which grew around a Jesuit Reduction of the same name founded in 1632. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Communities of nomadic people move from place to place, rather than settling down in one location. ... The indigenous people of Brazil (povos indígenas in Portuguese) comprise a large number of distict ethnic groups who inhabited the countrys present territory prior its discovery by Europeans around 1500. ...

Portuguese colonization

European colonization in Southern Brazil started with the arrival of Portuguese and Spanish Jesuits. They lived among the Indians and made them become Catholics. Colonists from São Paulo (Bandeirantes) arrived in the same period.^[2] The region has been disputed between the Portuguese and Spanish Crowns for decades. Due to this conflict, the King of Portugal estimulated immigration of settlers from the Azores Islands to Southern Brazil. Between 1748 and 1756, six thousand Azoreans arrived. They composed over half of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina's population in the late 18th century.^[3] The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... This article refers to a colony in politics and history. ... This article is about the city. ... The Monument to the Bandeiras, a stone sculpture group by Victor Brecheret, located in São Paulo, Brazil Bandeirantes were participants in the Bandeiras, expeditions organized by the inhabitants of the then poor village of São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga together with allied Indians to enslave other Indians... This is a List of Portuguese monarchs from the independence of Portugal from Castile in 1139, to the beginning of the Republic in October 5, 1910. ... Portuguese) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

German settlement

Areas of German settlement in Southern Brazil (pink), in 1905.

Soon after Brazil's independence from Portugal (1822), the first Germans came to Brazil. Settlers from Germany were brought to work as small farmers, because there were many land holdings without workers. To attract the immigrants, the Brazilian government had promised large tracts of land, where they could settle with their families and colonize the region. The first immigrants arrived in 1824, settling in the city of São Leopoldo. In the next five decades, other 28 thousand Germans were brought to Rio Grande do Sul to work as small farmers in the countryside.^[4] Until 1914, it is estimated that 50 thousand Germans settled in this state. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 434 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (682 × 942 pixel, file size: 280 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): German colonization of the Americas ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 434 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (682 × 942 pixel, file size: 280 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): German colonization of the Americas ... This article is about the color. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Farmer (disambiguation). ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... São Leopoldo is a Brazilian city located in the south state of Rio Grande do Sul. ...

In Santa Catarina, most German immigrants were not brought by the Brazilian government, but by private groups, such as the Hamburg Colonization Society, who were promoting the immigration of Europeans to the Americas. They created rural communities or colonies to these immigrants. Many of these German colonies had a great development and became large cities, such as Blumenau and Joinville, the largest city in Santa Catarina. This article is about the city in Germany. ... World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the continents of North America[1] and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Nickname: Cidade Jardim (Garden City) Founded September 2, 1850 Government  - Mayor João Paulo Kleinübing Area  - City 510 km²  (196. ... For other uses, see Joinville (disambiguation). ...

Considerable numbers of immigrants from Germany arrived at Paraná during the 1870's, most of them coming from Santa Catarina or Volga Germans from Russia.^[5] Capital (and largest city) Curitiba Demonym Paranaense Government  -  Governor Roberto Requião  -  Vice Governor Orlando Pessuti Area  -  Total 281. ... Capital Florianópolis Largest city Joinville Demonym Catarinense or Barriga-verde Government  -  Governor Luiz Henrique  -  Vice Governor Leonel Pavan Area  -  Total 95. ... Volga German pioneer family commemorative statue in Victoria, Kansas, USA. The Volga Germans (German: or Russlanddeutsche) were ethnic Germans living near the Volga River in the region of southern European Russia around Saratov and to the south, maintaining German culture, language, traditions and religions: Evangelical Lutheranism, Reformed and Roman Catholicism...

War of Tatters

Main article: War of Tatters

Combatants Rio-Grandense Republic Empire of Brazil Commanders Bento Gonçalves da Silva Antônio de Souza Netto Giuseppe Garibaldi General Lima e Silva War of Tatters (in Portuguese: Guerra dos Farrapos, Revolução Farroupilha) was a Republican uprising that began in the southern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul and...

Italian settlement

President Lula greeting the local Brazilian women of Italian descent during the Festa da Uva party.

Italian immigrants started arriving in Brazil in 1875. They were mostly peasants from the Veneto, but also from Trento and Lombardia, Northern Italy. They were attracted to Southern Brazil to get their own lands and populate the South. Most of the immigrants worked as small farmers, mainly cultivating grapes in the Serra Gaúcha. Italian immigration to the region lasted until 1914, with a total of 100 thousand Italians settling in Rio Grande do Sul in this period and many others in Santa Catarina and Paraná.^[6] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Lula may refer to: // [edit] Geography Lula, a village in Groningen province, the Netherlands. ... Festa da Uva The Festa da Uva Queen and Princesses The Festa da Uva or GrapeFest is a biennial celebration of the Italian heritage and culture in the city of Caxias do Sul in southern Brazil. ... Italo-Brazilian or Italian-Brazilian (Italian: italo-brasiliano, Portuguese: ítalo-brasileiro) is a Brazilian citizen of full or partial Italian ancestry. ... In a detail of Brueghels Land of Cockaigne (1567) a soft-boiled egg has little feet to rush to the luxuriating peasant who catches drops of honey on his tongue, while roast pigs roam wild: in fact, hunger and harsh winters were realities for the average European in the... Veneto or Venetia, is one of the 20 regions of Italy. ... Trento (Italian: Provincia autonoma di Trento, German: Autonome Provinz Trient) is an autonomous province in the autonomous Trentino-South Tyrol region of Italy. ... Lombardy (It. ... Northern Italy comprises of two areas belonging to NUTS level 1: North-West (Nord-Ovest): Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria North-East (Nord-Est): Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Emilia-Romagna Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Aosta Valley are regions with a... This article is about the fruits of the genus Vitis. ... Waterfall in Parque do Caracol in Canela, part of the Serra Gaúcha The Serra Gaúcha, The Gaucho Mountain Range, is the mountainous region of northeastern Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. ...

In 1898, there were 300 thousand people of Italian origin in Rio Grande do Sul, 50 thousands in Santa Catarina and 30 thousands in Paraná. Nowadays, their Southern Brazilian descendants are 9.7 million, composing 35.9% of Southern Brazil's population.^[7][8] The term Italian Diaspora refers to the large-scale migration of Italians away from Italy in the period roughly between the unification of Italy in 1861 and the beginning of World War I in 1914. ...

Demographics

Joinville.

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Joinville (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Motto: A cidade sorriso (The smiley city) Location of Curitiba Country Region State Paraná Founded 29 March 1693 Incorporated 1842 Government  - Mayor Carlos Alberto Richa (PSDB) Area  - City 430. ... This article is about Porto Alegre, Brazil. ... For other uses, see Joinville (disambiguation). ... Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of the Paraná, Brazil, and is the 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. ... Called Monumento ao Imigrante, was made with stones in 1950 to commemorate the 75º anniversary of the italian colonization São Pelegrinos Church has the most important masterworks of the italian painter Aldo Locatelli. ... Nickname: Location in Brazil Coordinates: , Country Region State Santa Catarina Founded March 23, 1726 Government  - Mayor Dario Elias Berger (PMDB) Area  - City 436. ... Nickname: Location in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Coordinates: , Country Region State Rio Grande do Sul Founded 1812 Incorporated 1832 (town)   1835 (city) Government  - Mayor Adolfo Antônio Fetter Jr. ...

Ethnic groups

View of Florianópolis.

The majority of the Whites of the region is of Italian, Portuguese and German descent. Image File history File links Floripa2006. ... Image File history File links Floripa2006. ... Nickname: Location in Brazil Coordinates: , Country Region State Santa Catarina Founded March 23, 1726 Government  - Mayor Dario Elias Berger (PMDB) Area  - City 436. ... White Brazilians make up 49. ...

Human skin color can range from very dark brown to nearly colorless (appearing pinkish white due to the blood in the skin) in different people. ... The term race serves to distinguish between populations or groups of people based on different sets of characteristics which is commonly determined through social conventions. ... White Brazilians make up 49. ... Afro-Brazilian or African Brazilian is the term used to racially categorise Brazilian citizens who are black or part-black, yet it is rarely used in Brazil. ... In Brazil, the Pardos are a mixture of Europeans, Blacks and Amerindians, varying from light to dark complexion, as used by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in censuses since 1950. ... Asian Brazilian is a Brazilian-born person of Asian descent. ... The Indigenous peoples in Brazil (provoke indía gnas in Portuguese) comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups who inhabited the countrys present territory prior to its discovery by Europeans around 1500. ...

Curiosity

Vehicles: 9.247.703 (jan./2006); Telephones: 7.2 million (may/2006); Cities: 1.188 (2006). Vehicles are non-living means of transport. ... For other uses, see January (disambiguation). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see May (disambiguation). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Weather

Southern Brazil has a Subtropical weather. The average temperatures vary between 14°C (57.2ºF) and 22°C (71.6ºF). It can snow in the mountain ranges. Subtropical (or semitropical) areas are those adjacent to the tropics, usually roughly defined as the ranges 23. ... For the geological process, see Weathering or Erosion. ... For other uses, see Snow (disambiguation). ...

Characteristics

The region is highly urbanized (82%) and many cities are famous for their urban planning, like Curitiba, Londrina, and Maringá. It has a relatively high standard of living, with the highest Human Development Index of Brazil, 0.807 (2000), and the second highest per capita income of the country, $13.396, behind only the Southeast Region. The region also has a 94% literacy rate. Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ... Nickname: Motto: A cidade sorriso (The smiley city) Location of Curitiba Country Region State Paraná Founded 29 March 1693 Incorporated 1842 Government  - Mayor Carlos Alberto Richa (PSDB) Area  - City 430. ... Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of the Paraná, Brazil, and is the 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. ... Maringá is a city in southern Brazil that was founded on May 10, 1947. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Languages

Portuguese, the official language of Brazil, is spoken by the entire population. In more isolated rural communities, dialects of German or Italian origins are also spoken. The predominant dialects are the Hunsrückisch and the Venetian (or Talian).^[10][11] For dialects of programming languages, see Programming language dialect. ... Hunsrückisch is a German dialect spoken in the Hunsrück region of Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz). ... A sign in Venetian reading Here we also speak Venetian Venetian or Venetan is a Romance language spoken by over five million people,[1] mostly in the Veneto region of Italy. ... Talian (Brazils Italian/o italiano do Brasil) is a variety of Italian spoken mainly in the wine-producing area of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. ...

Tourism Palaeontological

The Rio Grande do Sul has a great potential for tourism palaeontological, with many sites paleontologics and museums in paleorrota. There is a large area in the center of the state that belongs to the triassic. Here lived Rhynchosaur, thecodonts, exaeretodons, Staurikosaurus, Guaibasaurus, Saturnalia tupiniquim, Sacisaurus, Unaysaurus and many others. Flag of Rio Grande do Sul See other Brazilian States Capital Porto Alegre Largest City Porto Alegre Area 282,062 km² Population   - Total   - Density 10. ... Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, ancient; ontos, being; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. ... Region of Paleorrota. ... The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 ± 0. ... Genera Mesosuchus Howesia Stenaulorhynchys Rhynchosaurus Otischalia Isalorhynchus Hyperodepedon Rhynchosaurs were a group of unusual Triassic diapsid reptiles related to the archosaurs. ... Thecodont (socket-toothed reptile), is a catch-all (paraphyletic) group, now considered an obsolete term, that was formerly used to describe a group of the earliest archosaurs that lived during the Permian and Triassic periods. ... Species (type species)  ? Bonaparte, 1962  ? (Huene, 1935-42 (originally Traversodon)) Abdala, Barbarena, and Dornelles, 2002  ? Chatterjee, 1982  ? (Bonaparte, 1963 (originally Proexaeretodon)) Exaeretodon is a genus of traversodontid cynodont; several species are known, from various formations. ... Staurikosaurus is a genus of dinosaurs. ... Guaibasaurus (Guaiba Lizard) was a Herrerasaur from Triassic South America. ... Binomial name Saturnalia tupiniquim Langer, Abdala, Richter & Benton, 1999 Saturnalia is a very early sauropodomorph dinosaur, from the Carnian faunal stage of the late Triassic (227. ... Binomial name Sacisaurus agudoensis Ferigolo and Langer, 2003 Sacisaurus, from the Portuguese sacissauro, may have been an ornithischian dinosaur, or a more basal dinosaur relative, that lived in the south of Brazil 220 million years ago, in the Triassic period [1]. It is the 13th dinosaur discovered in Brazil. ... Binomial name Unaysaurus tolentinoi Leal, Azevodo, Kellner, & da Rosa, 2004 Unaysaurus tolentinoi is one of the oldest dinosaurs every known. ...

See also

• (English) Brazil
• (English) Brazilian Tourism Portal
• Immigration to Brazil
• German-Brazilian
• Italian Brazilian
• Paleorrota
• South Brazil Tourist Guide

Immigration has been a very important demographic factor in the composition, structure and history of human population in Brazil, with all its attending factors and consequences, such as culture, economy, education, racial issues, etc. ... First group of German immigrants arrived in Brazil, by Ernst Zeuner, 1824 A German-Brazilian (German Deutschbrasilianer or Deutschbrasilianisch, Portuguese teuto-brasileiro or germano-brasileiro) is a Brazilian person of German ancestry/origin (i. ... Italian Brazilian (Italian: italiano-brasiliano, Portuguese: ítalo-brasileiro) is an Italian born in Brazil. ... Region of Paleorrota. ... Brazil is currently divided in five regions, by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE). ... Brazil is divided into twenty-six estados (states; singular estado) and one district, the Distrito Federal (Federal District) which contains the capital city, Brasília. ... The Brazilian Federal District (in Portuguese, Distrito Federal) is set apart for Brasília, the capital of Brazil. ... Image:Brasil Norte vincent harley rocks maploc. ... Flag of Acre See other Brazilian States Capital Rio Branco Largest City Rio Branco Area 152 522 km² Population   - Total   - Density 557 526 3. ... Flag of Amapá See other Brazilian States Capital Macapá Largest City Macapá Area 142 816 km² Population   - Total   - Density 477 032 3. ... Capital (and largest city) Manaus Demonym Amazonense Government  -  Governor Eduardo Braga  -  Vice Governor Omar José Abdel Aziz Area  -  Total 1. ... Capital (and largest city) Belém Demonym Paraense Government  -  Governor Ana Júlia Carepa  -  Vice Governor Odair Santos Corrêa Area  -  Total 1. ... Flag of Rondônia See other Brazilian States Capital Porto Velho Largest City Porto Velho Area 238,512. ... Flag of Roraima See other Brazilian States Capital Boa Vista Largest City Boa Vista Area 225,116. ... Tocantins is one of the states of Brazil. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Capital (and largest city) Maceió Demonym Alagoano Government  -  Governor Teotônio Vilela Filho  -  Vice Governor José Wanderley Neto Area  -  Total 27. ... Capital (and largest city) Salvador Demonym Baiano Government  -  Governor Jacques Wagner  -  Vice Governor Edmundo Pereira Santos Area  -  Total 564. ... Flag of Ceará See other Brazilian States Capital Fortaleza Largest City Fortaleza Area 148,016 km² Population   - Total   - Density 6,500,000 43. ... Maranhão is one of the states of Brazil in the north-eastern region. ... Flag of Paraíba See other Brazilian States Capital João Pessoa Largest City João Pessoa Area 56. ... Capital (and largest city) Recife Demonym Pernambucano Government  -  Governor Eduardo Campos  -  Vice Governor João Lyra Neto Area  -  Total 98. ... Capital (and largest city) Teresina Demonym Piauiense Government  -  Governor Wellington Dias  -  Vice Governor Wilson Martins Area  -  Total 251. ... Capital (and largest city) Natal Demonym Potiguar or Norte-rio-grandense Government  -  Governor Wilma de Faria  -  Vice Governor Iberê Paiva Ferreira de Souza Area  -  Total 52. ... Flag of Sergipe See other Brazilian States Capital Aracaju Largest City Aracaju Area 21,994 km² Population   - Total   - Density 1. ... The Center-West region is composed of the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul; along with Distrito Federal (Federal District), where Brazils national capital, Brasília, is situated. ... Capital (and largest city) Goiânia Demonym Goiano Government  -  Governor Alcides Rodrigues  -  Vice Governor Ademir Menezes Area  -  Total 340. ... Capital (and largest city) Cuiabá Demonym Mato-grossense Government  -  Governor Blairo Maggi  -  Vice Governor Silval da Cunha Barbosa Area  -  Total 903. ... Capital (and largest city) Campo Grande Demonym Sul-mato-grossense or Mato-grossense-do-sul Government  -  Governor André Puccinelli  -  Vice Governor Murilo Zauith Area  -  Total 357. ... The Southeast Region of Brazil is composed by the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. ... Motto Trabalha e Confia (Portuguese) Work and Trust [in God] Capital Vitória Largest city Vila Velha Demonym Capixaba or Espiritossantense Government  -  Governor Paulo Hartung  -  Vice Governor Ricardo Ferraço Area  -  Total 46. ... Capital (and largest city) Belo Horizonte Demonym Mineiro Government  -  Governor Aécio Neves  -  Vice Governor Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia Area  -  Total 588,528. ... Flag of Rio de Janeiro See other Brazilian States Capital Rio de Janeiro Largest City Rio de Janeiro Area 43,696. ... Motto Pro Brasilia Fiant Eximia (Latin) For Brazil Great Things Are Done Anthem Bandeirantes Anthem Capital (and largest city) São Paulo Demonym Paulista Government  -  Governor José Serra  -  Vice Governor Alberto Goldman Area  -  Total 248. ... Capital (and largest city) Curitiba Demonym Paranaense Government  -  Governor Roberto Requião  -  Vice Governor Orlando Pessuti Area  -  Total 281. ... Flag of Rio Grande do Sul See other Brazilian States Capital Porto Alegre Largest City Porto Alegre Area 282,062 km² Population   - Total   - Density 10. ... Capital Florianópolis Largest city Joinville Demonym Catarinense or Barriga-verde Government  -  Governor Luiz Henrique  -  Vice Governor Leonel Pavan Area  -  Total 95. ...

References

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