Pinhais
Pinhais | |
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Buildings at the boundary between Pinhais and Curitiba | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Nicknames: "Terra dos pinheirais" / "Morada da Gralha-Azul" (Land of the pine fields / Home of the Azure Jay) | |
Location of Pinhais in Paraná state and Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 25°25′57″S 49°11′36″W / 25.43250°S 49.19333°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State | Paraná |
| Founded | March 20, 1992 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luiz Goularte Alves (PT) |
| Area | |
• Total | 60.869 km2 (23.502 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 893 m (2,930 ft) |
| Population (2020[2]) | |
• Total | 133,490 |
| • Density | 2,193.1/km2 (5,680.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.815 – high[3] |
| Website | www.pinhais.pr.gov.br |
Pinhais is a municipality in Paraná state in Brazil. As of 2020, the population was 133,490. It was emancipated from the municipality of Piraquara in 1992 and is part of the Metropolitan region of Curitiba. It is the smallest municipality in Paraná by area.
História
Due to its proximity to Curitiba, the territory of the present-day municipality of Pinhais followed the course of events during the occupation and development of the Curitiba plateau, centered on the capital of Paraná. The construction of the Curitiba-Paranaguá Railway, which cut through the region to the east, was important. Near the Brasholanda company, there was a ceramics factory owned by the Joaquim Torres family. The company was acquired in the mid-1920s, under mortgage, by Guilherme Weiss, who perfected the production technique. Count Humberto Scarpa, Guilherme Weiss's son-in-law, inherited the ceramics factory, maintaining production until 1960. Later, he established the Rui Itiberê da Cunha real estate company, subdividing and offering for sale the areas of Weissópolis, Vargem Grande, Vila Esplanada, and Vila Tarumã.[4]
The recent history of the municipality of Pinhais is intertwined with the history of urban settlement in Curitiba. Based on the developmental policies adopted in Brazil from the mid-1950s onward, northern Paraná was the scene of agricultural expansion, initially with the planting of coffee plantations. The encouragement of grain agriculture (soybean, wheat, corn, and cotton) dramatically expanded land use in the state, especially in the northern and southwestern regions, in the 1960s and 1970s, solidifying Paraná as the "Breadbasket of Brazil."[5]
Education
Private schools:
References
- ^ "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
2018 Area Total
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ [1] Archived October 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine – UNDP
- ^ "Prefeitura de Pinhais – Município de Pinhais". pinhais.atende.net. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
- ^ "Sobre Pinhais". Encontra Pinhais (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved September 11, 2025.
- ^ "Contact Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine." Colégio Suíço-Brasileiro de Curitiba. Retrieved on April 25, 2016. "Street: Wanda dos Santos Mallmann, 537 Zip code: 83323-400 Pinhais (PR) – Brasil " – German Archived May 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Portuguese Archived May 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine