Santa Catarina (state)
State o Santa Catarina | |
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 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Location o State o Santa Catarina in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 27°50′S 48°25′W / 27.833°S 48.417°W | |
| Kintra |  Brazil |
| Caipital | Florianópolis |
| Former seat | Joinville |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Raimundo Colombo |
| • Vice Govrenor | Eduardo Pinho Moreira |
| Area | |
| • Total | 95346.181 km2 (36,813.366 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 20t |
| Population (2010 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,249,682 |
| • Rank | 11t |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 9t |
| Demonym(s) | Catarinense or Barriga-Verde (Green Belly) |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2006 estimate |
| • Total | R$ 93,173,000,000 (7t) |
| • Per caipita | R$ 20,369 (4t) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2005 |
| • Category | 0.840 – high (2nt) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (BRST) |
| Postal Code | 87000-000 to 89990-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-SC |
| Website | sc.gov.br |
Santa Catarina (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈsɐ̃ta kataˈɾina] (
listen) "Saunt Catherine")[2] is a state in soothren Brazil wi ane o the heichest staundarts o livin in Laitin Americae an in Soothren Hemisphere. Its caipital is Florianópolis, which maistly lees on the Santa Catarina Island. Neebourin states are Rio Grande do Sul tae the sooth an Paraná tae the north. It is boondit on the east bi the Atlantic Ocean, an tae the wast it borders the province o Misiones, Argentinae. Maist o its inhabitants are descendants o Portuguese, German, an Italian immigrants.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Censo 2010: população do Brasil é de 190.732.694 pessoas
- ↑ The European Portuguese pronunciation is [ˈsɐ̃tɐ kɐtɐˈɾinɐ].
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- (in Portuguese) Offeecial Wabsteid