| Name | Londrina |
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| Settlement type | Municipality |
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| Official name | The Municipality of Londrina |
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| Nickname | Flower city |
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| Imagesize | 250px |
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| Image seal | Brasao Londrina Parana Brasil.svg |
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| Map caption | Location of Londrina |
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| Subdivision type | Country |
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| Subdivision type1 | Region |
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| Subdivision type2 | State |
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| Subdivision name | Brazil |
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| Subdivision name1 | South |
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| Subdivision name2 | Paraná |
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| Leader title | Mayor |
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| Leader name | Homero Barbosa Neto (PDT) |
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| Established title | Founded |
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| Established date | December 10, 1934 |
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| Area total km2 | 1,650 |
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| Area total sq mi | 637 |
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| Population as of | 2009 |
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| Population total | 510,707 |
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| Population density km2 | 300 |
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| Timezone | UTC-3 |
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| Utc offset | -3 |
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| Timezone dst | UTC-2 |
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| Utc offset dst | -2 |
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| Elevation m | 610 |
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| Area code | +55 43 |
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| Postal code type | Postal Code |
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| Postal code | 86000-000 |
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| Website | Londrina, Paraná |
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Londrina (, Londoner) is a city located in the northern region of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and is 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. Londrina was originally founded by British settlers. The city exerts great influence on Paraná and Brazil's south region. Londrina has approximately 500 thousand inhabitants, being the second largest city in Paraná and the third largest city in the Southern Region of Brazil.
The city has a population of 510,707 (estimation IBGE, 2009), 810,453 (metropolitan area, estimation IBGE, 2009). It is a regional centre and is made up of commerce, services, agro-industries, and universities, including the State University of Londrina, or UEL, which is famous for the quality of teaching and attracts students from all over the country.
Demography
Londrina was named after the British entrepreneurs who launched railroad stations in the region to ease the transportation of coffee grains from northern Paraná and southern
São Paulo states to the port of Santos. The city's population consists of descendants of those settlers, Brazilians from other cities or states, Portuguese, English, Japanese, Italian, German, Polish, African, Spanish, Native, Arabian and Bulgarian Brazilians.
Fonte: Censo 2000
Climate
Average temperatures in summer range from 20-35c and in winter from -5-16c.
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Economy
Agriculture continues to be Londrina's major economic activity, although its importance has diminished in recent years. Agricultural activity was diversified beyond
coffee, and today
corn,
wheat,
cotton,
horticulture,
beans,
peanuts,
rice,
sugar cane,
soy bean, and
fruit plantations thrive due to the rich Northern Paraná/South Western São Paulo State "terra roxa" crimson soil. Although the city has increased its industrial park by adding weaving, textiles and agricultural factories, Londrina's main wealth continues to be agricultural production. Today, Londrina is also known for its commerce and service sectors. Moreover, real estate is another growing sector that has generated jobs and boosted even more the size of this city in Paraná.
It possesses one of the largest universities in the country, the State University of Londrina, as well as several private colleges.
The city is served by Gov. José Richa Airport.
Education
Portuguese is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. But
English and
Spanish are part of the official
high school curriculum.
Colleges and universities
Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR)
Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR)
Centro Universitário Filadéfia (UniFil)
Faculdade Pitágoras
and many others.
Metropolitan region of Londrina
Instituted by State Complementary Law 81 on 17 June 1998, the Metropolitan Region of Londrina includes the cities of Londrina,
Cambé,
Ibiporã,
Sertanópolis,
Bela Vista do Paraíso,
Jataizinho,
Rolândia, and
Tamarana, totaling 750 thousand inhabitants.
The city
The Londrina name pays homage to the English capital London (Londres in Portuguese), since an English cotton company made the original investment to settle in this area.
The famous fertile land of the region, "terra roxa" (purple soil), has this name due to a corruption and attempt to translate into Portuguese the term “terra rossa” (red soil, in Italian), which Italian immigrants used to call it.
Located in Southern Brazil, Londrina is a somewhat humid city in subtropical zone, with historical extremes ranging from -10.7°C (1975) to 42.8°C (1998)
The fertility of the soil is said to have originated in the biggest volcanic lava spill of the planet, known as The Spill of Trapp, that to a large extent occurred in the Center-South region of Brazil.
The inhabitants of Northern Paraná state are often called “pé vermelho" (red foot) because of their dust bowl-like region.
During its golden era, together with the west bank of the Paraná River, Londrina helped produce 60% of the coffee of the world.
Sports
The city's
football clubs include
Londrina Esporte Clube, founded in 1956, and the
Associação Portuguesa Londrinense founded in 1950. They play at
Café stadium, a 45,000 spectator capacity stadium.
Inesul/Londrina, owned by INESUL - Instituto de Ensino Superior de Londrina, an higher education institution, is a city's major basketball club and competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete.
Notable sons and daughters of Londrina
Flavia de Oliveira, model
Giovane Élber, football player
Michael Goodrum, skateboarder
Rafinha, football player
Naldo, football player
Michelle Alves, model
Ivo Pessoa, singer
Victor Lazzarini, composer
Gilberto Godoy (Giba), volleyball player, considered by many to be one of the world's best volleyball players (Gold medalist in 2004 Olympics)
Rogério Romero, swimming, swimmer
Nicole Bahls, model
External links
Official homepage (in Portuguese)
Official homepage (in English)
Category:Populated places in Paraná (state)
