Ascurra

Ascurra is a municipality located in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil. Ascurra has a strong Italian culture due to its colonization in 1876 by farmers from Welschtirol.^[2] Hermann Blumenau (1819–1899) named the municipality after a point in Serra do Ibitirapé, Paraguay of the same name that was taken by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War in 1869.

Ascurra covers 110.901 km² (42.819 sq mi), and has a population of 7,978 with a population density of 70 inhabitants per square kilometer.^[2]

Geography

Ascurra is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Blumenau and 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the state capital of Florianópolis. The Itajaí-Açu River crosses Ascurra.^[3]

Mainly from the rice agriculture.

Per Tutti – A high Tirolean-influenced party that occurs between August and September.

^ IBGE 2020
^ ^a ^b "Ascurra" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
^ "Aspectos Geográficos" (in Portuguese). Ascurra, Santa Catarina, Brazil: Município de Ascurra. 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-11.

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mesoregions of Santa Catarina Grande Florianópolis Norte Catarinense Oeste Catarinense Serrana Sul Catarinense Vale do Itajaí
Blumenau	Apiúna Ascurra Benedito Novo Blumenau Botuverá Brusque Doutor Pedrinho Gaspar Guabiruba Indaial Luiz Alves Pomerode Rio dos Cedros Rodeio Timbó
Itajaí	Balneário Camboriú Barra Velha Bombinhas Camboriú Ilhota Itajaí Itapema Navegantes Penha Piçarras Porto Belo São João do Itaperiú
Ituporanga	Agrolândia Atalanta Chapadão do Lageado Imbuia Ituporanga Petrolândia Vidal Ramos
Rio do Sul	Agronômica Aurora Braço do Trombudo Dona Emma Ibirama José Boiteux Laurentino Lontras Mirim Doce Pouso Redondo Presidente Getúlio Presidente Nereu Rio do Campo Rio do Oeste Rio do Sul Salete Taió Trombudo Central Vitor Meireles Witmarsum