southern region
culture
The artistic culture of the southern region of Brazil is very rich, just by receiving the influence of several colonies of immigrants, including Germans, Italians, Poles and Ukrainians. The settlers were the first to arrive in the region previously inhabited by Amerindian peoples.
The Jesuit missions were founded in western Paraná in the sixteenth century explorers before deportation to the region of Rio Grande do Sul and Argentina, bringing the culture of mate for these regions. Republic was called Real del Guaira and its capital was Ontiveros (current Guaira - PR), the third largest city in South America at the time after Asuncion and Buenos Aires.
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climate
In Brazil, a country predominantly tropical, only the southern region is dominated by the subtropical climate (a climate of transition between tropical and temperate predominant in Brazil, predominantly in Argentina), ie the typical climate of the region's cooler climate compared to tropical, and is where the lowest recorded temperatures in the country. In this climate, the averages range from 16 ° C to 20 ° C, but winter is usually cold enough to Brazilian standards, with frequent frosts in almost all areas and in places of higher elevations, snowfall. The seasons have become quite differentiated and annual temperature range is relatively high. The rainfall in almost the entire region, are distributed relatively regularly for the full year, but in the north of Paraná - transition to the inter-tropical zone - are concentrated in the summer months.
One can find also features a tropical coastal lowlands of Santa Catarina and Parana, where the average temperatures are above 20 ° C and rain falls mainly in summer.
The winds also affect the temperatures. In summer, the trade winds blow from southeast, which are hot and humid, causing high temperatures, followed by heavy rains. In winter, cold fronts, which are usually followed by air masses coming from the South Pole, causing cooling, and frost. The locals call this the South wind or cold minuano pampero.
It is important to note that the characteristics contained in the climate of southern Brazil, have great influence through the mass Polar Atlantic (MPA) which is cold and damp. The same originates in the anticyclone located south of Patagonia. His performance is more intense in winter, with strong presence in South and Southeast. You can reach other regions like the Amazon, where it will weaken.
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Turismo
Black Lake Lawn on one of the tourist cities of the mountains south (RS). Iguaçu National Park, where there are the Iguazu Falls, is a conservation unit in Brazil. It is located in the extreme west of Paraná state, having been created on January 10, 1939, by Decree Law No. 1035. Its total area is 185,262.2 hectares. In 1986 he received the title, awarded by UNESCO World Heritage.
During the hot days of summer, the beaches of Santa Catarina are sought and frequented by tourists from all over Brazil and other foreign countries. Florianópolis, behind only the cities of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and Salvador (BA) is one of the most visited capital cities. With the end of the economic crisis in Mercosur countries, part of the movement of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay to back out of summer tourism in resort towns such as Camboriú and Old Bar. Sights are the patrimony of humanity: the Iguazu Falls in Iguazu National Park, Parana and the Guarani-Jesuit Ruins of San Miguel Mission, Rio Grande do Sul
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food
The bar is the typical dish caboclo coast of Paraná, [51] prepared with beef, bacon and seasonings. [52] [53] [54] [55] The dish is placed in a clay pot, which is buried and on which lights up a campfire. The dish is well cooked slowly for 12 hours until the meat is discarded. [56] Many restaurants offer this delicious dish Morretes gastronomic.
In the traditional cuisine of Santa Catarina are mush of fish in the south and teal in the north. In the capital, the highlight is the sequence of shrimp, a number of various dishes prepared with the crustacean. [57] In the gaucho barbecue with coarse salt and mate are the most common. The barbecue can be done in the oven floor in churrasqueras and in several places, it is frequently consumed by the gauchos even on weekdays, and usually on weekends by the locals sudeste.Já the mate has no time to be consumed, and its flavor is similar to a tea, but stronger and lesss weet flavor.
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People .
The southern region is the smallest in land area of Brazil and has further developed, [17] holds about 7% of Brazilian territory, but then, its population is twice the number of inhabitants in the North and Midwest . Its 26,973,511 inhabitants [18] represent a density of 43.50 inhabitants per km ². With a relatively equal in the primary, secondary and tertiary levels, this population has the highest literacy rates reported in Brazil, which explains in part the socioeconomic development of the region in comparison with other regions.
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