Criciúma

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Municipality in Santa Catarina, Brazil

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map_captionLocation in Brazil
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subdivision_typeCountry
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subdivision_type2State
subdivision_nameBrazil
subdivision_name1South
subdivision_name2Santa Catarina
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameClésio Salvaro (PSDB)
established_titleFounded
established_dateJanuary 6, 1880
area_total_km2235.628
population_as_of2022
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population_density_km2auto
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coordinates
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websitecriciuma.sc.gov.br
blank_nameHDI (2010)
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Criciúma () is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home materials industry, and is the second-largest such center in the world.

City data

The city was founded on January 6, 1880, by Italian immigrants. It has an approximate population of 213,000 inhabitants, and an area of 209.8 km². In April 2004, Criciúma was affected by a tropical cyclone, a phenomenon unheard of in recent South Atlantic history, which caused some damage.

It is the Brazilian capital of coal and ceramic tiles, but also very strong in plastic, textiles (jeans), and chemicals.

Criciúma is 24 km inland from the Atlantic Ocean (Rincão beach) and around 40 km from the mountains of the interior of Santa Catarina state.

Criciúma is also the name of the city's football (soccer) team, which plays in the national league. They have won several championship titles, including a national championship in 1991 (Copa do Brasil). Their colors are white, black and yellow, symbols of the state mineral resources, mainly coal.

Several small towns lie around Criciúma forming a metropolitan area of 250 thousand people. The most important are: Içara (a major producer of honey), Urussanga, Nova Veneza, Siderópolis, Orleans and Araranguá.

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Criciúma. Criciuma's cathedral is Catedral São José.

According to IBGE statistics for 2014, it has 211,369 inhabitants, being the main city of the Carboniferous Metropolitan Region, which has about 600 thousand inhabitants, besides being the most populous city of South Catarinense, the seventh largest in the state of Santa Catarina and the 22nd in the Southern Region of Brazil. Under the Unified Health System, the SUS, Criciúma houses more than 252 thousand registered. It is among the 100 municipalities in Brazil with the best Human Development Index (HDI), calculated as 0.788 in 2010, being the 76th most well-rated municipality in the country and the 14th best evaluated in Santa Catarina that year.

The city is an industrial center in several sectors, among them: confection, packaging, ceramic, plastic and disposable, metalworking, extraction of coal, civil construction and graphic material.

With headquarters in Criciúma, Rede Angeloni is the largest supermarket chain in Santa Catarina and the 10th largest in the country, with 27 stores spread throughout Brazil, the largest hypermarket in the network is located in Criciúma. In addition to having 3 malls, in the service sector - health and education - stands out with three hospitals, two 24-hour care units, the University of Extremo Sul Catarinense, Federal Institute of Santa Catarina and seven other colleges.

Known for being the Brazilian Capital of Coal and Ceramic Coating. In its subsoil it harbors one of the largest mineral reserves of the country. The Visitation Mine Octávio Fontana, allows a view of the historical evolution of the extractive wealth of the city. Colonized by Italians, the city also received Poles, Germans, Portuguese and Arabs at various stages of its development.

Among so many popular festivals that take place in the South, one of them is in Criciúma. The Festival of Ethnicities, which in the first editions was named Quermesse for being held in Nereu Ramos Square, next to St. Joseph's Cathedral, brings together all the ethnic traditions of the region and has as main objectives to promote the manifestations and to integrate the colonizers of Criciúma, thus passing on their cultural history.

Transportation

Criciúma is served by Diomício Freitas Airport located in the adjoining municipality of Forquilhinha and Humberto Ghizzo Bortoluzzi Regional Airport located in Jaguaruna.

Education

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Criciúma is twinned with:

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Urussanga (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 29.8 |Feb high C = 30.0 |Mar high C = 29.1 |Apr high C = 26.8 |May high C = 23.6 |Jun high C = 22.1 |Jul high C = 21.4 |Aug high C = 23.3 |Sep high C = 23.5 |Oct high C = 25.1 |Nov high C = 27.4 |Dec high C = 28.9 | year high C = 25.9 |Jan mean C = 24.0 |Feb mean C = 24.1 |Mar mean C = 23.1 |Apr mean C = 20.6 |May mean C = 17.0 |Jun mean C = 15.3 |Jul mean C = 14.8 |Aug mean C = 15.9 |Sep mean C = 17.3 |Oct mean C = 19.3 |Nov mean C = 21.5 |Dec mean C = 22.9 | year mean C = 19.7 |Jan low C = 19.3 |Feb low C = 19.5 |Mar low C = 18.5 |Apr low C = 15.8 |May low C = 12.2 |Jun low C = 10.6 |Jul low C = 10.1 |Aug low C = 10.6 |Sep low C = 12.1 |Oct low C = 14.3 |Nov low C = 16.3 |Dec low C = 18.0 | year low C = 14.8 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 191.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 179.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 188.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 108.8 |May precipitation mm = 157.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 66.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 120.6 |Aug precipitation mm = 110.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 122.4 |Oct precipitation mm = 129.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 150.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 157.7 |year precipitation mm = 1683.8 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 12 | Feb precipitation days = 14 | Mar precipitation days = 12 | Apr precipitation days = 9 | May precipitation days = 9 | Jun precipitation days = 7 | Jul precipitation days = 9 | Aug precipitation days = 7 | Sep precipitation days = 10 | Oct precipitation days = 11 | Nov precipitation days = 11 | Dec precipitation days = 11 | year precipitation days = | Jan humidity = 81.3 | Feb humidity = 83.5 | Mar humidity = 85.1 | Apr humidity = 85.5 | May humidity = 87.2 | Jun humidity = 87.6 | Jul humidity = 86.7 | Aug humidity = 82.8 | Sep humidity = 82.1 | Oct humidity = 81.5 | Nov humidity = 80.3 | Dec humidity = 80.5 | year humidity = 83.7 |Jan sun = 163.3 |Feb sun = 150.5 |Mar sun = 165.4 |Apr sun = 154.8 |May sun = 147.7 |Jun sun = 122.0 |Jul sun = 133.3 |Aug sun = 147.5 |Sep sun = 133.5 |Oct sun = 151.1 |Nov sun = 162.1 |Dec sun = 166.3 |year sun = 1797.5 |source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia{{cite web | url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas | title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010 | publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia | language = Portuguese | accessdate = 21 May 2024}}

References

References

  1. [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/sc/criciuma/panorama IBGE 2022]
  2. "Relações internacionais: Cidades irmãs". Agência de Desenvolvimento do Turismo de Santa Catarina – SANTUR.
  3. (2017-06-06). "Vice-governador apresenta potencialidades de Santa Catarina para comitiva chinesa". Governo de Santa Catarina.

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