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Criciúma

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Settlement.name: Criciúma
Settlement.official_name: Municipality of Criciúma
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Criciuma grid.png
Settlement.image_flag: BandeiraCriciuma.svg
Settlement.image_seal: BrasaoCriciuma.svg
Settlement.image_map: SantaCatarina_Municip_Criciuma.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: South
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Clésio Salvaro (PSDB)
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: January 6, 1880
Settlement.area_total_km2: 235.628

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Criciúma () is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home materials industry, and is the second-largest such center in the world.

==City data== Foundation: 214 493 (2022 estimate) Area: 209,8 km2 Nearby cities: Siderópolis, Cocal do Sul, Morro da Fumaça, Maracajá, Araranguá, Nova Veneza, Forquilhinha, Içara