Ascurra

Ascurra
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Location of Ascurra
Ascurra
Coordinates: 26°57′18″S 49°22′33″W / 26.95500°S 49.37583°W / -26.95500; -49.37583
Country	Brazil
Region	South
State	Santa Catarina
Founded	April 1, 1963
Government
• Mayor	Lairton Possamai (PMDB)
Area
• Total	110.901 km2 (42.819 sq mi)
Elevation	88 m (289 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	7,978
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2015)	0.741
Website	www.ascurra.sc.gov.br

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.^[2] 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 110.901 km² (42.819 sq mi), and has a population of 7,978 with a population density of 70 inhabitants per square kilometer.^[2]

Ascurra is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Blumenau and 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the state capital of Florianópolis. The Itajaí-Açu River crosses Ascurra.^[3]

Mainly from the rice agriculture.

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Per Tutti – A high Tirolean-influenced party that occurs between August and September.

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