Penha
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municipality of Santa Catarina state, Brazil
Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Southern
- State
- Santa Catarina
- Mesoregion
- Vale do Itajaí
- Incorporated
- July 19, 1958
- Mayor
- Aquiles José Schneider da Costa
- Total
- 58 km (22 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 20 m (66 ft)
- Density
- 5,534/km (14,330/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- penhense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Santa Catarina
- Population
- 13108
- Area
- 58.783
- Elevation
- 20
- Shares border with
- Navegantes
- Image
- Penha (SC) 01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 47
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- Commons category
- Penha (Santa Catarina)
- electorate
- 20819
- Human Development Index
- 0.743
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Encyclopedic overview
Penha ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeɲɐ]) is a municipality in Santa Catarina, Brazil. It had a population of 33,284 and an area of 57.752 km as of 2020.
Its two largest attractions are its beaches and Beto Carrero World, the largest theme park in Latin America.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.