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Apucarana

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Country
  
Brazil

State
  
Paraná

Elevation
  
840 m (2,760 ft)

Area
  
548 km²

Team
  
Roma Esporte Apucarana

Region
  
South

Founded
  
1944

Demonym(s)
  
Apucaranense

Local time
  
Monday 6:22 PM

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Weather
  
26°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 63% Humidity

Colleges and Universities
  
Federal University of Technology – Paraná

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Apucarana is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The municipality covers 548 square kilometres (212 sq mi) at an elevation of 840 metres (2,760 ft) above mean sea level. Its 2008 population was estimated as 120,133.

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Map of Apucarana, Paran%C3%A1, Brazil

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Transportation

The city is served by Cap. João Busse Airport which is located 10 kilometers (5 nautical miles) southeast of Apucarana.

Economy

In agriculture, the city stands in production of coffee, soy, beans and corn. The industry stands out for leather production (3% of Brazil's total) and the manufacturing of caps (80% of production in Brazil).

Culture

The city received thousands of immigrants from Portugal, Ukraine, Poland, Germany and especially from Japan (who did strong influence in culture like in the Buddhist religion and the amount of cherry trees planted - the city has more than 20,000 sakuras and annually do the "Cherry Festival" to celebrate the Japanese culture).

source : PARDES 2010

Religion

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apucarana.

Congregação Cristã no Brasil

References

Apucarana Wikipedia