Grande Curitiba

Grande Curitiba is a region of the state of Paraná, in the South of Brazil. In 2015, it was home to 3½ million people.

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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Curitiba and Colombo.

Curitiba

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Curitiba is the capital of Paraná, Brazil. If you're heading for Iguaçu Falls from Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo, it's worth stopping by for a day or two.

Colombo is a 247,000 inhabitants in Grande Curitiba. Colombo has a strong appeal for rural tourism. The region is geographically rich, has beautiful landscapes and also has the cultural heritage of Italian immigrants.

Pinhais

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Pinhais is a municipality in Paraná state in Brazil. As of 2022 Census, the population was 127,019. It was emancipated from the municipality of Piraquara in 1992 and is part of the Metropolitan region of Curitiba.

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Campo Largo

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Campo Largo is a municipality in Paraná, Brazil. The inhabitants are known in Brazil as campolarguense. It is also a near suburb of Curitiba. The town is best known for its large product of porcelain.

Mandirituba

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Mandirituba is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. Total population : 22,235 inhabitants, Portuguese, Polish, Ukrainian, Italian and German descendants. It is healthy country town of plantation by Curitiba district.

Quatro Barras

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Quatro Barras is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. The municipality contains part of the 3,053 hectares Serra da Baitaca State Park, created in 2002.

Grande Curitiba

Type: metropolitan region in Brazil
Description: human settlement in Brazil
Also known as: “Greater Curitiba”
Location: Paraná, South, Brazil, South America
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Latitude of center

-25.4297° or 25° 25′ 47″ south

Longitude of center

-49.2719° or 49° 16′ 19″ west

Wikidata ID

Q2311370

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Grande Curitiba” goes by many names.

Chinese: “大库里蒂巴”
Chinese: “格蘭迪庫里提巴”
Dutch: “Greater Curitiba”
French: “Region metropolitaine de Curitiba”
French: “Région métropolitaine de Curitiba”
German: “Metropolregion Curitiba”
Italian: “Grande Curitiba”
Italian: “regione metropolitana di Curitiba”
Italian: “Regione Metropolitana di Curitiba”
Portuguese: “Grande curitiba”
Portuguese: “Grande Curitiba”
Portuguese: “Região Metropolitana de Curitiba”
Russian: “Агломерация Куритиба”
Russian: “Куритиба”
Sinhala: “කුරිටිබා, බ්‍රසීලය”
Spanish: “Gran Curitiba”
Spanish: “Región Metropolitana de Curitiba”
Swedish: “Curitibas storstadsområde”

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