Brusque, Santa Catarina

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Brusque
Municipality
Municipality of Brusque
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Nickname: 
Tissue City
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Location in Santa Catarina
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Region South
State Bandeira de Santa Catarina.svg  Santa Catarina
FoundedAugust 4, 1860
Government
 •  Mayor Ari Vequi (MDB)
Area
[1]
 • Total284.749 km2 (109.942 sq mi)
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total137,689
 • Density480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-3 (BRT)
Postal Code
88350-000
Area code + 55 (47)
HDI (2010)0.795 – high [3]
Website brusque.sc.gov.br

Brusque is a city in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. It was founded in 1860, by 55 German immigrants.

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The city was originally called Colônia Itajahy, but on 17 January 1890 it was renamed Brusque after former Santa Catarina province president Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque. [4]

Sports

The official football team is Brusque Futebol Clube, founded on October 12, 1987. [5]

Brusque has a strong women's volleyball team in the Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol.

Curiosities

- The city is a pioneer in the invention of the voting machine, and the first polling station to use it was also in Brusque (1988).

- First Latin American city to have public computers (1995).

- Headquarters of the first spinning industry of Santa Catarina (1892 - Textile Factory Renaux).

- Headquarters of the only English colony of Santa Catarina (1867).

- The only city in Brazil to use chlorine dioxide to treat water consumed by the population.

Current ethnic composition: 90% Whites; 5% Pardos; 4% Blacks; 0.5% Native American; 0.5% Asian. Original Population: 50% German; 30% Italian; 10% Portuguese; 9% African; 1% Asian.

Religions

80% Catholics; 15% Lutherans; 4% Evangelicals; 1% Jehovah's Witness.

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019. 2018 Area Total
  2. ↑ IBGE 2020
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "O legado de Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque". Prefeitura de Brusque (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Brusque Futebol Clube" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2008-12-07.

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