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88-1516: Coordinates : 25°30′S 50°42′W / 25.5°S 50.7°W / -25.5; -50.7 Irati Formation Stratigraphic range : Early Permian ~ 278.4–270 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [REDACTED] The Irati Formation belongs to the Gondwana I megasequence Type Geological formation Unit of Passa Dois Group Underlies Serra Alta Formation (Paraná Basin) Teresina Formation (Pelotas Basin) Overlies Palermo Formation Area 1,000,000 km (390,000 sq mi) Thickness up to 80 m (260 ft) Lithology Primary Black shale Other Sandstone Location Coordinates 25°30′S 50°42′W / 25.5°S 50.7°W / -25.5; -50.7 Region Paraná & Pelotas Basins Goiás , Mato Grosso do Sul , Mato Grosso , São Paulo , Paraná , Santa Catarina , Rio Grande do Sul Country [REDACTED] Brazil Type section Named by White Year defined 1908 Approximate paleocoordinates 45°48′S 29°42′W / 45.8°S 29.7°W / -45.8; -29.7 [REDACTED] The Paraná Basin in South America Irati Formation
176-532: A prime meridian at the westernmost known land, designated the Fortunate Isles , off the coast of western Africa around the Canary or Cape Verde Islands , and measured north or south of the island of Rhodes off Asia Minor . Ptolemy credited him with the full adoption of longitude and latitude, rather than measuring latitude in terms of the length of the midsummer day. Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography used
264-409: A Permian Mesosaur-Bearing Konservat-Lagerstätte from Uruguay", Acta Palaeontologica Polonica , 57 (2): 1–299, doi : 10.4202/app.2010.0113 Ventura Santos, Roberto; Souza, Paulo A.; Souza de Alvarenga, Carlos José; Luiz Dantas, Elton; Martins Pimentel, Marcio; Gouveia de Oliveira, Claudinei; Medeiros de Araújo, Laury (2006), "Shrimp U–Pb zircon dating and palynology of bentonitic layers from
352-646: A little before 1300; the text was translated into Latin at Florence by Jacopo d'Angelo around 1407. In 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference , attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich , England as the zero-reference line. The Dominican Republic voted against
440-416: A location often facetiously called Null Island . In order to use the theoretical definitions of latitude, longitude, and height to precisely measure actual locations on the physical earth, a geodetic datum must be used. A horizonal datum is used to precisely measure latitude and longitude, while a vertical datum is used to measure elevation or altitude. Both types of datum bind a mathematical model of
528-535: A longitudinal degree is 111.3 km. At 30° a longitudinal second is 26.76 m, at Greenwich (51°28′38″N) 19.22 m, and at 60° it is 15.42 m. On the WGS 84 spheroid, the length in meters of a degree of latitude at latitude ϕ (that is, the number of meters you would have to travel along a north–south line to move 1 degree in latitude, when at latitude ϕ ), is about The returned measure of meters per degree latitude varies continuously with latitude. Similarly,
616-670: A national cartographical organization include the North American Datum , the European ED50 , and the British OSGB36 . Given a location, the datum provides the latitude ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } and longitude λ {\displaystyle \lambda } . In the United Kingdom there are three common latitude, longitude, and height systems in use. WGS 84 differs at Greenwich from
704-559: A quantity similar to that of districts in the state. Inside the sinople rhombus, jalde stars symbolized the municipalities. According to the 2022 Brazilian census conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Santa Catarina has a total population of 7.6 million and a population density of 79.5 inhabitants per square kilometre. This ranks it as the tenth most populous state in Brazil , accounting for 3.75% of
792-477: A significant portion of the state's territory. Comprising basaltic sediments (lava flows), interspersed with sandstone deposits, its eastern boundary is a mountainous edge known as the Serra Geral . In the north of the state, the edge of the basaltic plateau is situated inland. Moving southwards, it progressively approaches the coast until, at the border with Rio Grande do Sul, it starts to descend directly towards
880-841: A simple translation may be sufficient. Datums may be global, meaning that they represent the whole Earth, or they may be local, meaning that they represent an ellipsoid best-fit to only a portion of the Earth. Examples of global datums include World Geodetic System (WGS 84, also known as EPSG:4326 ), the default datum used for the Global Positioning System , and the International Terrestrial Reference System and Frame (ITRF), used for estimating continental drift and crustal deformation . The distance to Earth's center can be used both for very deep positions and for positions in space. Local datums chosen by
968-500: A year, or 10 m in a century. A weather system high-pressure area can cause a sinking of 5 mm . Scandinavia is rising by 1 cm a year as a result of the melting of the ice sheets of the last ice age , but neighboring Scotland is rising by only 0.2 cm . These changes are insignificant if a local datum is used, but are statistically significant if a global datum is used. On the GRS 80 or WGS 84 spheroid at sea level at
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#17328555973131056-583: Is where Earth's equatorial radius a {\displaystyle a} equals 6,378,137 m and tan β = b a tan ϕ {\displaystyle \textstyle {\tan \beta ={\frac {b}{a}}\tan \phi }\,\!} ; for the GRS 80 and WGS 84 spheroids, b a = 0.99664719 {\textstyle {\tfrac {b}{a}}=0.99664719} . ( β {\displaystyle \textstyle {\beta }\,\!}
1144-418: Is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude and longitude . It is the simplest, oldest and most widely used of the various spatial reference systems that are in use, and forms the basis for most others. Although latitude and longitude form a coordinate tuple like a cartesian coordinate system , the geographic coordinate system
1232-705: Is formed by a group of massifs isolated by the deep valleys of the rivers that descend to the Atlantic Ocean. Behind the Serra do Mar , the Palaeozoic plateau extends. Its flattened area is divided into spaces separated by rivers, which flow eastward. The Palaeozoic plateau decreases in altitude from north to south. In the southern portion of the state, it merges with the coastal plain, since the Serra do Mar does not extend to this region of Santa Catarina. The Basaltic plateau encompasses
1320-787: Is known as the reduced (or parametric) latitude ). Aside from rounding, this is the exact distance along a parallel of latitude; getting the distance along the shortest route will be more work, but those two distances are always within 0.6 m of each other if the two points are one degree of longitude apart. Like any series of multiple-digit numbers, latitude-longitude pairs can be challenging to communicate and remember. Therefore, alternative schemes have been developed for encoding GCS coordinates into alphanumeric strings or words: These are not distinct coordinate systems, only alternative methods for expressing latitude and longitude measurements. Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ kataˈɾinɐ] )
1408-540: Is not cartesian because the measurements are angles and are not on a planar surface. A full GCS specification, such as those listed in the EPSG and ISO 19111 standards, also includes a choice of geodetic datum (including an Earth ellipsoid ), as different datums will yield different latitude and longitude values for the same location. The invention of a geographic coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene , who composed his now-lost Geography at
1496-556: Is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil . It is located in the centre of the country's Southern region . It is bordered to the north by the state of Paraná , to the south by the state of Rio Grande do Sul , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , and to the west by the Argentine province of Misiones . The state covers an area of approximately 95,730.69 square kilometres (37,000 sq mi), comparable to Hungary , and ranking as
1584-566: Is situated at latitudes lower than Santa Catarina. Despite this, it is in the higher areas of the Santa Catarina southern plateau where there is a higher occurrence of snowfall in Brazil during the winter months. The state also holds the record for the lowest temperature recorded in Brazilian territory by official bodies. The temperature reached −14 °C in Caçador on 11 June 1952. On the other hand,
1672-639: Is the Iguazu River , and that of the Uruguay River . The latter has as its main tributaries the Pelotas , Canoas , Chapecó , and Do Peixe rivers. Fully embedded within the Atlantic Forest biome, the original vegetation of Santa Catarina encompasses two formations: forests and grasslands . On the plateau, they occur in the form of mixed coniferous ( Araucaria ) forests with broadleaved trees and, in
1760-731: Is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses (often called great circles ), which converge at the North and South Poles. The meridian of the British Royal Observatory in Greenwich , in southeast London, England, is the international prime meridian , although some organizations—such as the French Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière —continue to use other meridians for internal purposes. The prime meridian determines
1848-619: Is the name of a geological formation of the Paraná Basin in Brazil . It has previously been dated as Late Permian using palynomorphs , but is now dated as Early Permian using zircon ages obtained from bentonite layers. The base of the formation has been dated at 278.4 ± 2.2 Ma. Exposures of the Irati Formation are to be found in the South ( Geopark of Paleorrota), southeastern Brazil and in
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#17328555973131936-700: Is the past participle of the verb itself. Etymologically, the name Catherine derives from the Greek term εκατερινα , meaning "pure" or "immaculate". At the outset of the 16th century , the area now known as the state of Santa Catarina was populated by the Carijós, a tribe belonging to the Tupi-Guarani group . These Indigenous peoples were catechised (educated and pacified in the Catholic faith) starting from 1549. Expeditions from Portugal and Spain commenced exploration of
2024-405: Is ultimately calculated from latitude and longitude, it is crucial that they clearly state the datum on which they are based. For example, a UTM coordinate based on WGS84 will be different than a UTM coordinate based on NAD27 for the same location. Converting coordinates from one datum to another requires a datum transformation such as a Helmert transformation , although in certain situations
2112-529: The Japanese . In Santa Catarina, two different groups of languages are spoken: indigenous languages and allochthonous languages , some of which are minority languages. There are three indigenous or native languages: Kaingang , Mbyá-Guarani , and Xokleng . With the European settlement of the state, allochthonous or immigrant languages emerged and persist today. These languages include Portuguese (by far
2200-615: The Juliana Republic in July 1839. Defeated by the troops of the Empire of Brazil , the rebels left Laguna. The new South American country had a short duration because, when its independence was proclaimed, it stopped paying the Riograndense Republic due to lack of resources. The last Ragamuffin trenches were demolished in 1840. European colonisation, especially from Germany and Italy ,
2288-532: The Köppen-Geiger climate classification system , Santa Catarina predominantly features a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ) in the coastal lowlands and the lower altitude areas of the plateau, whilst the remainder of the plateau is characterised by a subtropical oceanic climate ( Cfb ). Both have the four seasons well-defined and a rainfall regime evenly distributed throughout the year. The humid subtropical climate (Cfa) records average temperatures of 20 °C in
2376-489: The Library of Alexandria in the 3rd century BC. A century later, Hipparchus of Nicaea improved on this system by determining latitude from stellar measurements rather than solar altitude and determining longitude by timings of lunar eclipses , rather than dead reckoning . In the 1st or 2nd century, Marinus of Tyre compiled an extensive gazetteer and mathematically plotted world map using coordinates measured east from
2464-409: The island now known as Santa Catarina around 1675, is said to have given the place its name. There, he built a chapel dedicated to Catherine of Alexandria , whom, it is claimed, one of his daughters was named after. Other authors attribute the origin of the name to Sebastian Cabot , who is said to have dedicated the island. At that time, the renowned Venetian explorer and cartographer passed through
2552-431: The seventh smallest Brazilian state by area . With a population of 7.6 million inhabitants in 2022, it is the tenth most populous state in Brazil . Its capital is Florianópolis , the second most populous city in the state after Joinville . Alongside Espírito Santo , Santa Catarina is one of the two states whose capital is not the largest city. Jorginho Mello , a member of the conservative Liberal Party , has been
2640-487: The 16th century. From the outset of Brazil's colonisation, the lands of Brazil's southern region did not greatly interest the Portuguese colonisers. This was due to the absence of precious metals and its colder climate (as frosts hindered the cultivation of sugarcane ). The Portuguese only began to take an interest in the region in the mid- 17th century . The settlement of Nossa Senhora da Graça do Rio de São Francisco
2728-709: The Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Governorate of New Andalusia to the west. These extinct states were delimited by the Treaty of Tordesillas . The captaincy was elevated to the status of a province with the declaration of independence of Brazil . The province of Santa Catarina suffered profound consequences from the Ragamuffin War , which took place in Rio Grande do Sul in 1835. The revolutionaries, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi and David Canabarro , invaded Laguna and declared
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2816-502: The Equator, one latitudinal second measures 30.715 m , one latitudinal minute is 1843 m and one latitudinal degree is 110.6 km. The circles of longitude, meridians, meet at the geographical poles, with the west–east width of a second naturally decreasing as latitude increases. On the Equator at sea level, one longitudinal second measures 30.92 m, a longitudinal minute is 1855 m and
2904-589: The Irati Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image Brazilosaurus B. sanpauloensis A mesosaurid mesosaur [REDACTED] Mesosaurus M. tenuidiens A mesosaurid mesosaur [REDACTED] Stereosternum S. tumidum A mesosaurid mesosaur [REDACTED] Fish [ edit ] Fish of
2992-852: The Irati Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Amelacanthus A. sp. A ctenacanthid shark Fairchildodus F. rioclarensis A petalodont Iratiacanthus I. santamariaensis A sphenacanthid shark Itapyrodus I. punctatus A petalodont Orodus O. ipeunaensis A orodontid shark Sphenacanthus S. sanpauloensis A sphenacanthid shark Taquaralodus T. albuquequei A diplodoselachid shark Xenacanthus X. pricei A Xenacanthid shark Crustaceans [ edit ] Sauropods of
3080-716: The Irati Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Iraticaris I. damiani Myelontordoxylon M. camposii Permocaris P. purperae Pittinucaris P. wuerdigae See also [ edit ] Geology of Brazil Paleontological sites of Brazil Ganigobis Formation References [ edit ] ^ Da Costa, 2015, p.28 ^ Ventura Santos et al., 2006 ^ Diduch, 2011, p.21 ^ Da Costa, 2015, p.12 ^ Chahud, A. (2023). "Holocephali from
3168-888: The Irati Formation (Paraná Basin), Brazil: Origin, paleogeographical and paleoenvironmental considerations" . Estudios Geológicos . 79 (2). e155. doi : 10.3989/egeol.44987.632 . S2CID 261376731 . Bibliography [ edit ] Da Costa, Guilherme Estevam (2015), Fácies sedimentares e composição de folhelhos da Formação Irati (Eopermiano) da Bacia do Paraná na região de Bom Retiro, Leste de Santa Catarina (PDF) , Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC , pp. 1–67 , retrieved 2017-08-03 Diduch, Ana Paula (2011), Descrição de Crustacea Malacostraca da Formação Irati, Permiano Superior, Bacia do Paraná, Brasil (PDF) , Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR , pp. 1–52 , retrieved 2017-08-03 Piñeiro, G.; Ramos, A.; Goso, C.S.; Scarabino, F.; Laurin, M. (2012), "Unusual Environmental Conditions Preserve
3256-1157: The Permian Irati Formation, Paraná Basin, Brazil", Gondwana Research , 9 (4): 456–463, Bibcode : 2006GondR...9..456S , doi : 10.1016/j.gr.2005.12.001 Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irati_Formation&oldid=1251746433 " Categories : Geologic formations of Brazil Paraná Basin Permian System of South America Cisuralian Series Permian Brazil Shale formations Sandstone formations Oil shale formations Oil shale in Brazil Permian southern paleotemperate deposits Geography of Goiás Geography of Mato Grosso Geography of Mato Grosso do Sul Geography of Paraná (state) Geography of Rio Grande do Sul Geography of Santa Catarina (state) Geography of São Paulo (state) Hidden categories: Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas Coordinates on Wikidata Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system ( GCS )
3344-562: The Santa Catarina coast in the early years following Brazil's discovery by Europeans. Sebastian Cabot , en route to the Rio de la Plata , navigated past the island then known as Dos Patos , bestowing upon it the name Santa Catarina in 1526. In 1534, John III of Portugal awarded the mainland territories to Pedro Lopes de Sousa . Nevertheless, these lands remained largely uninhabited, with Jesuits , Spanish, and Portuguese settlers exploring them but failing to establish any permanent settlements throughout
3432-436: The Serra do Mar. Meanwhile, towards the south, it gradually narrows. The Serra do Mar occupies the coastal lowland in the western part. In the north of the state, it forms the mountainous edge of a reasonably average plateau. It has a very different feature from what is found in other states such as Paraná and São Paulo . In Santa Catarina, it constitutes a range of mountains, with points above one thousand metres. This range
3520-665: The Spanish to surrender the invaded region. The Captaincy of Our Lady of the Rosary of Paranaguá was founded by the Marquis of Cascais in 1656. It replaced the Captaincy of Santana, which began at the mouth of the Paranaguá Bay and ended in the current city of Laguna . It is bounded by the Captaincy of Santo Amaro (part of the second section of São Vicente ) to the north, the salty waters of
3608-557: The area between 1526 and 1527. He is thought to have consecrated it to Saint Catherine , or rather, honoured his wife, Catarina Medrano. The name of the state is derived from that of the island. The state's native inhabitants are called Catarinenses or Barrigas-Verdes (lit. Green-Belly). The origin of the term comes from the waistcoat worn by the soldiers of the Portuguese military forces, under Joaquim Francisco do Livramento. These troops, in 1753, departed from Santa Catarina to fight in Rio Grande do Sul and secured for Brazil
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3696-413: The backlanders. Moreover, Paraná and Santa Catarina were disputing the region where they lived, which is why the area was called Contestado. The disagreement between the two federative units and the armed conflict of the caboclos only ended completely in 1916. Santa Catarina's territory was invaded by the rebellious forces, which came from Rio Grande do Sul, in 1930. However, Florianópolis resisted until
3784-464: The best in Brazil. The state leads in life expectancy and public safety , and boasts the lowest rates of homicide , illiteracy , poverty and extreme poverty in the country. It holds also the third-highest Human Development Index (HDI), the third-highest GDP per capita , and the third-lowest rates of infant mortality . Additionally, it is the federative unit with the least economic inequality in Brazil. Francisco Dias Velho, who arrived on
3872-473: The colonisation of the far west and the centre of the state by Italian-Brazilian settlers has contributed to the progress of Santa Catarina. These settlers came from Rio Grande do Sul. Santa Catarina is one of the three states in the Southern Region of Brazil. It is bordered to the north by the state of Paraná , to the south by the state of Rio Grande do Sul , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , and to
3960-499: The conquest of the Captaincy of Santa Catarina . Originating from Catholicism , the name honours the state's patron saint. The Romans worshipped an ancient deity, Sancus , who ensured promises and oaths were not violated, mandating their fulfilment. From his name comes the Latin verb sancire, "to consecrate". Sanctus, "holy, consecrated, which must, above all, be treated with respect",
4048-484: The country's total population. The state's largest city, Joinville , has a population of 616,317, making it the 34th most populous city in Brazil. Meanwhile, its capital, Florianópolis , which is the state's second-largest city, has a population of 537,211, ranking it 39th among Brazilian municipalities by population. The population grew by approximately 1.3 million inhabitants since 2010, representing an increase of 21.79% between 2010 and 2022. In 2022, around 50.71% of
4136-426: The country. It holds also the third-highest GDP per capita , and the third-lowest rates of infant mortality and illiteracy . Additionally, it is the federative unit with the least economic inequality in Brazil. † Region seat †† State capital and region seat population Ethnicities and racial groups of Santa Catarina in 2022 According to the 2022 Brazilian census ,
4224-460: The far western Aleutian Islands . The combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The visual grid on a map formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule . The origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km (390 mi) south of Tema , Ghana ,
4312-399: The governor of the state since 2023. It is one of the Brazilian states with the most mountainous terrain, where 52% of the territory is located above 600 metres. According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system , Santa Catarina predominantly features a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ) in the coastal lowlands and the lower altitude areas of the plateau, whilst the remainder of
4400-525: The highest relief . Four geomorphological units, ranging from the coast to the interior, form the state's relief: the coastal lowland, the Serra do Mar, the Palaeozoic plateau, and the Basaltic plateau. The lowest altitudes are found in the coastal lowland, which encompasses lands located below 200 metres. In the northern part, it is quite wide, extending far inland through the valleys of the rivers that flow from
4488-454: The highest temperature reached 44.6 °C in Orleans on 6 January 1963. The hottest localities in the state are located in the regions of the southern coast, Itajaí Valley, and extreme west. This is because here lies the city considered the hottest in Santa Catarina, Itapiranga . In these regions, temperatures can exceed 40 °C in the summer or on other extreme occasions. The rivers that flow through
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#17328555973134576-546: The incursion of polar air masses is more common, some being stronger and more extensive, causing temperatures to fall below zero in various cities. The majority of these cities are located in the Midwest, North Plateau, and South Plateau. Notably, Bom Jardim da Serra , São Joaquim , Urubici , and Urupema , situated on the South Plateau, rank among the coldest municipalities in the country. A large part of Rio Grande do Sul
4664-422: The index into indicators of income, education, and life expectancy, the state ranks 4th in income (with an index of 0.759), 3rd in education (with an index of 0.790), and 3rd in life expectancy (with an index of 0.827). The socioeconomic indicators of Santa Catarina rank among the best in Brazil. The state leads in public safety , and boasts the lowest rates of homicide , poverty and extreme poverty in
4752-415: The length in meters of a degree of longitude can be calculated as (Those coefficients can be improved, but as they stand the distance they give is correct within a centimeter.) The formulae both return units of meters per degree. An alternative method to estimate the length of a longitudinal degree at latitude ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } is to assume a spherical Earth (to get
4840-442: The lowland and foothills of the Serra do Mar, solely as broadleaved forest. The grasslands appear as scattered patches within the mixed forest. The main ones are those of São Joaquim, Lages , Curitibanos , and Campos Novos . In the fauna of Santa Catarina, about 600 species of birds, 150 mammals, and 140 systematic denominations of amphibians are catalogued. There are 1,150 Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), in addition to
4928-512: The lowlands and the Uruguay Valley, and 18 °C in the western extremity of the state. Conversely, the temperate subtropical climate ( Cfb ) sees average temperatures ranging between 16 and 18 °C. There is a significant difference between summer and winter temperatures, leading to a considerable thermal amplitude throughout the year. Winters vary from cool to cold, with some regions experiencing about 25 days of frost annually. During this period,
5016-539: The most widely spoken and used language in the state), Talian and other Italian dialects, High German variants, and Low German variants such as the Pomeranian dialect near Blumenau and Pomerode . Certain dialects were born in the region. Among them is Portuñol , a combination of Portuguese and Spanish spoken in the border regions with Argentina . And Katarinensisch, part of the Hunsrik dialect, originating from
5104-473: The motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911. The latitude ϕ of a point on Earth's surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through (or close to) the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on
5192-452: The national apple production, and Santa Catarina tops, competing with the Rio Grande do Sul. The São Joaquim region is responsible for 35% of the apple planting. Santa Catarina is also a national leader in the production of onions. In 2017, it produced 630,000 tons, especially in the municipalities of Alfredo Wagner, Angelina and Rancho Queimado. In banana production, Santa Catarina was
5280-1143: The national language of Germany. Other linguistic nuclei on a smaller scale include Spanish, Polish , Lithuanian , Japanese , Arabic , Yiddish and others. According to the 2010 population census, the population of Santa Catarina comprises Roman Catholics (73.07%); Protestants or Evangelicals (20.4%); Spiritists (1.58%); Jehovah's Witnesses (0.74%); Mormons (0.11%); the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (0.17%); Buddhists (0.05%); new Eastern religions (0.04%), among which Messianics constitute 0.03%; Muslims (0.01%); Orthodox Christians (0.07%); followers of Umbanda (0.14%); Jewish (0.02%); Spiritualists (0.03%); adherents of esoteric traditions (0.17%); Indigenous religions (0.03%); practitioners of Candomblé (0.09%); and Hindus (0.01%). Another 3.27% had no religion , including atheists (0.29%) and agnostics (0.6%); 0.29% followed other Christian denominations; 0.21% had an undetermined faith; 0.04% were unsure, 0.04% followed other Eastern religions, and 0.03% did not declare. With only 1.12% of
5368-510: The national territory, Santa Catarina was the eighth-largest producer of maize and the eleventh-largest producer of soybeans in Brazil, in the year 2017. When production per unit area is considered, the State becomes the national leader in corn, with an average of 8,100 kilograms per hectare, and second in soybeans, with 3.580 kilos per hectare. In 15 years, there has been a 118% growth in corn productivity and 58% in soybean. In 2019, corn production in
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#17328555973135456-846: The north, the Saí-Guaçu river in the municipality of Itapoá ; to the south, the Mampituba river in Praia Grande ; to the east, the Ponta dos Ingleses in Florianópolis ; to the west, the confluence of the Uruguay and Pepiri-Guazu rivers in Itapiranga , on the border with Argentina . Santa Catarina has 77% of its territory above 300 metres and 52% above 600 metres, making it one of the Brazilian federative units with
5544-516: The one used on published maps OSGB36 by approximately 112 m. The military system ED50 , used by NATO , differs from about 120 m to 180 m. Points on the Earth's surface move relative to each other due to continental plate motion, subsidence, and diurnal Earth tidal movement caused by the Moon and the Sun. This daily movement can be as much as a meter. Continental movement can be up to 10 cm
5632-530: The plateau is characterised by an oceanic climate ( Cfb ). The state of Santa Catarina is one of the oldest states in Brazil. It separated from São Paulo in 1738, with José da Silva Pais serving as its first governor. The state was established to extend Portuguese dominions to southern Brazil, reaching as far as the Rio de la Plata region. It is also the oldest state in the South Region of Brazil, predating Rio Grande do Sul (1807) and Paraná (1853). The state
5720-483: The population (3,859,258 people) were female , whilst about 49.28% of the population (3,751,103 people) were male . The Human Development Index of Santa Catarina is considered high according to the UNDP . According to the latest Atlas of Human Development in Brazil, released in 2023 with data pertaining to 2021, the state has the 3rd highest HDI among the federal units in Brazil, with an overall index of 0.792. Breaking down
5808-457: The population of Santa Catarina was primarily composed of White Brazilians (76.28%), mixed race individuals (19.22%), Afro-Brazilians (4.07%), indigenous peoples (0.25%) and Asian Brazilians (0.18%). Historically, the region was primarily inhabited by the Kaingang , Xokleng , and Guarani peoples, whose populations were reduced since the beginning of colonisation but have survived to
5896-667: The present day. During colonial Brazil , Spanish colonisers were the first to initiate settlement in the territory of Santa Catarina. However, the territory later came under Portuguese control, marked by Portuguese immigration and the arrival of African slaves . Subsequently, the territory experienced further population growth with the arrival of more Portuguese (especially Azoreans ) and other European immigrants ( Italians , Germans , Poles , Ukrainians , Lithuanians , Jews , Dutch , Belgians , Swiss , Austrians , French , English , Irish , Norwegians , Swedes , Danes , Czechs , Slovaks , Greeks , and Russians ), as well as by
5984-404: The proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres , although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E. This is not to be conflated with the International Date Line , which diverges from it in several places for political and convenience reasons, including between far eastern Russia and
6072-409: The registration of about 2,300 vascular plants . The flag of Santa Catarina is a rectangle divided into three horizontal bands: the upper and lower, sips, and the central, argent. In the middle you can see a sinople rhombus with the coat of arms in the center. On August 15, 1895, Santa Catarina received a flag, designed by José Artur Boiteux. It had thirteen horizontal stripes of sips and argent in
6160-400: The revolutionary squadron led by Custódio José de Melo . The armed conflicts spread throughout the coast of Santa Catarina. Defeated in 1894, the revolutionaries were severely punished by the loyalist troops. Hercílio Luz was elected governor in 1894 and developed a policy for the pacification of the region and the repair of the infrastructural problems that the state had suffered. Desterro
6248-430: The same datum will obtain the same location measurement for the same physical location. However, two different datums will usually yield different location measurements for the same physical location, which may appear to differ by as much as several hundred meters; this not because the location has moved, but because the reference system used to measure it has shifted. Because any spatial reference system or map projection
6336-646: The same prime meridian but measured latitude from the Equator instead. After their work was translated into Arabic in the 9th century, Al-Khwārizmī 's Book of the Description of the Earth corrected Marinus' and Ptolemy's errors regarding the length of the Mediterranean Sea , causing medieval Arabic cartography to use a prime meridian around 10° east of Ptolemy's line. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes ' recovery of Ptolemy's text
6424-420: The sea. The plateau area is reasonably average and slopes gently westward. The rivers, flowing towards the neighbouring state of Paraná, have carved deep valleys into it. The lands of the mixed ombrophilous forest are infertile, as are the soils of the grasslands , which are utilised for dairy and beef cattle farming. The soils of the humid subtropical forest are characterised by their fertility. According to
6512-486: The shape of the earth (usually a reference ellipsoid for a horizontal datum, and a more precise geoid for a vertical datum) to the earth. Traditionally, this binding was created by a network of control points , surveyed locations at which monuments are installed, and were only accurate for a region of the surface of the Earth. Some newer datums are bound to the center of mass of the Earth. This combination of mathematical model and physical binding mean that anyone using
6600-432: The state harvested 2.3 million tons (Brazil produced 116 million tons this year, being the largest producer in the world). The state was the second-largest rice producer in the country in 2020, second only to the Rio Grande do Sul, harvesting around 1.1 million tons of the product. Total national production was 10.5 million tons this year. The three Southern States of the country are responsible for 95% of
6688-562: The state reached 2.8 million tons (in 2018, Brazil was the third-largest producer in the world, with 82 million tons. However, the annual demand for corn in the state is 7 million tons—97% is for animal consumption, especially for pigs and broilers (83.8%), as Santa Catarina has the largest pig population among Brazilian states and the second largest in poultry. The corn deficit is covered by interstate imports, mainly from Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Paraná and Goiás, and from countries like Argentina and Paraguay. In soy production, in 2019
6776-562: The state's territory are part of both autonomous systems delineated by the Serra Geral and Serra do Mar mountain ranges. The South Atlantic basin is made up of inter-delimited basins, such as those of the Itajaí-Açu , Tubarão , Araranguá , Tijucas , and Itapocu rivers. In the interior of the state, two basins come together to form the Plata basin : that of the Paraná , whose most important tributary
6864-1046: The states of Goiás , Mato Grosso , São Paulo , Paraná , Santa Catarina , Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso do Sul . The formation is part of the Passa Dios Group , underlying the Serra Alta Formation and overlying the Palermo Formation . The formation has been deposited in a restricted marine environment . The Irati Formation, with a maximum thickness of 80 metres (260 ft), was defined and named by White in 1908. Fossil content [ edit ] Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text ; crossed out taxa are discredited. Reptiles [ edit ] Reptiles of
6952-458: The surface of Earth called parallels , as they are parallel to the Equator and to each other. The North Pole is 90° N; the South Pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the Equator , the fundamental plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The Equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres . The longitude λ of a point on Earth's surface
7040-515: The territory disputed by the Spanish. With this objective, immigration from Madeira Island and the Azores was sought. An insular defensive system was implemented. From 1748 to 1756, around five thousand Azorean immigrants began to populate the island and the coastline of the captaincy. Disputes between Portugal and Spain led to the occupation and destruction of the island of Santa Catarina by Spanish troops in 1777. The First Treaty of San Ildefonso forced
7128-473: The triumph of the revolution throughout the country . During the Second World War , it was necessary to address the issue of Nazi infiltration in the state. In this area, the Brazilian military effort was not compromised by groups of Germans, following a futile attempt. Up until 1945, intervenors governed the state throughout President Getúlio Vargas 's administration. Since the 1950s, encouragement for
7216-574: The west by the Argentine province of Misiones . The state covers an area of approximately 95,730.69 square kilometres (37,000 sq mi), comparable to Hungary , and ranking as the seventh smallest Brazilian state by area . Its territory is entirely below the Tropic of Capricorn , in the southern temperate zone of the planet. It follows the UTC−03:00 time zone ( Brasília time ), three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time . Its extreme points are: to
7304-445: The width per minute and second, divide by 60 and 3600, respectively): where Earth's average meridional radius M r {\displaystyle \textstyle {M_{r}}\,\!} is 6,367,449 m . Since the Earth is an oblate spheroid , not spherical, that result can be off by several tenths of a percent; a better approximation of a longitudinal degree at latitude ϕ {\displaystyle \phi }
7392-517: Was boosted in the second half of the 19th century. The colonies of Dona Francisca, later Joinville , were established in 1850; Blumenau in 1852; and Brusque in 1860. The province adhered to the proclamation of the Republic . However, the appointed governor rebelled against the federal government of the time, supporting the Federalist Revolution in 1893. Desterro became the naval base of
7480-472: Was established by Manuel Lourenço de Andrade and his friends in 1658. The present-day city was the first permanent settlement in the region. The settlement of Nossa Senhora do Desterro , on the island of Santa Catarina, was established by the Paulista bandeirante Francisco Dias Velho in 1675. At that time, the notable settler was accompanied by his heirs, slaves, and servants. In 1676, the settlement of Laguna
7568-406: Was initiated by Domingos de Brito Peixoto. The Captaincy of Santa Catarina, initially linked to São Paulo , was founded in 1738. It was separated from São Paulo and incorporated into Rio de Janeiro's in 1739. From the 1740s onwards, initiated by Alexandre de Gusmão , minister of King John V , Portugal began a colonisation and settlement project in southern Brazil, aiming to secure possession of
7656-405: Was populated by various peoples throughout its history, such as the indigenous Carijós people of the Tupi-Guarani group, and later became an important destination for Azorean Portuguese , Italian , German , and other European immigrants. African slaves and their descendants also contributed to the formation of the state's population. The socioeconomic indicators of Santa Catarina rank among
7744-451: Was renamed Florianópolis, in honour of Floriano Peixoto , following a turn of events that cost the lives of the defenders of the revolution. The Contestado War began in 1912. This conflict pitted the needy inhabitants of the region located between the Negro , Iguazu , Canoas , and Uruguay rivers against the official forces. José Maria de Santo Agostinho, a healer considered sacred, led
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