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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. 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.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Ascurra
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_flag
Bandeira do Município de Ascurra (SC).png
Settlement.image_seal
Brasao_ascurra.png
Settlement.image_map
SantaCatarina Municip Ascurra.svg
Settlement.mapsize
250px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Ascurra
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
South
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Santa Catarina
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Lairton Possamai
Settlement.leader_party
PMDB
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
April 1, 1963
Settlement.area_total_km2
110.901

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
ascurrense
Population
6162
Area
111.672
Elevation
88
Image
Igreja matriz ascurra.jpg
Dialing code
47
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Commons category
Ascurra
Human Development Index
0.742
electorate
6237
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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. 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 , and has a population of 7,978 with a population density of 70 inhabitants per square kilometer.

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