Cianorte

Cianorte is a city in northwest Paraná, Brazil, with an estimated population of 76,456, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in 2013.

History

The city was planned and founded by the Company for the Improvement of the North of Paraná (Companhia Melhoramentos Norte do Paraná), a British company for which it was named. In the beginning of the 20th century the region was dominated by a subtropical forest and totally wild, except for the Road of Peabiru, used by the Portuguese to connect the Guaira region, further west, to the coast. The road existed from the 17th century, but the first reported contact with the natives of the region, the Xetas, was in the 1930s. The Xetas, a group of three or four hundred, had their own language, and were early Iron Age in culture. The group vanished after they were contacted by the British in controversial and unexplained circumstances.

In the 1940s the English company drew the city plan and split the region into very small farms. At this time, the city was redivided and part of the city and the areas around were sold to immigrants, mainly Italian-Brazilians and Japanese-Brazilians of second or third generation from São Paulo. Those immigrants were primarily poor ordinary workers in the huge coffee farms of São Paulo, and perceived the inexpensive land in Cianorte as their big opportunity in life. They built houses and schools, temples and businesses. The city become a municipality, which, under Brazilian laws, allows the area to extend its political structure.

Wesley Safadão

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Wesley Oliveira da Silva (Fortaleza, Ceará, September 6, 1988), also known as Wesley Safadão, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, producer, and businessman. He began singing at the age of fifteen, beginning his professional career to join the family band which soon after released its first album. At sixteen he became lead singer. He has released eight albums and two DVDs, the last three CDs and the two DVDs released by Brazilian label Som Livre. He is constantly invited to partner with artists from different musical genres, breaking several barriers in music. He has appeared several times on television programs such as Domingão do Faustão, Encontro Com Fátima, Altas Horas, Caldeirão do Huck, Esquenta, Profissão Repórter, TV Xuxa, Vídeo Show and Mais Você.

Discography

Videography

Singles