Ecological capital of Brazil, the City of Curitiba has been model of urban planning and quality of life for its inhabitants. The City has a excellent system of public transport, 52m2 of green area for each inhabitant, garbage recycling and its election in the collection phase and 50 libraries communitarian, called “Farol do Saber”. Its historical building is well conserved. On its streets, it presents drawn “pinhões” marking the steps to be followed so that the tourist visits its historical buildings, the “Linha Pinhão” / “Pegadas da Memória”. The climate is tempered and the wind is constant, making it one of the coldest cities of Brazil. It is sufficiently influenced by Polish, Italian, German, Ukrainians, Japanese, Syria, Lebanese the immigrants that, together with the Portuguese, blacks and Indians who already lived here, they had formed a people with cultural diversities. Devoted the saint that is “Nossa Senhora da Luz”.
The International airport is located in the neighboring city of São José dos Pinhais, 15 minutes away from downtown.
Shoppings:
The city is served with more than 30 shoppings centers and hundreds of handcrafts store. The city is influenced with one of the biggest hotels infrastructures of the Brazil.
Dial Tourism: 55 (41) 3352-8000 (8 to 24h).
City hall of Curitiba: 55 (41) 156, 24 hours.
Airport Alfonso Pena: 55 (41) 3381 1515.
Station Rodotrain: 55 (41) 3320 3000.
Taxi Radio Faixa Vermelha: 55 0800 41 4141.
Radio Taxi Sereia: 55 0800 41 5252
It serves all intermunicipal and interstate road transport for the Country. The railroad service makes the line from the mountain range of the sea to the city of Paranaguá, Tuesday though Sunday.
Curitiba is situated on the first Plateaus of the Paraná. It is bathed by tributaries of the river Iguaçu, mainly the Belém and the Ivo. A privileged city in transport modalities, Curitiba is cut by some federal highways: BR-116, BR-376/101, BR-277, BR-476 and BR-153.
With the GIP of U$ 12.1 billions/year, has per capita income of U$ 8 approximately mil/year, against a national average of U$ 5 a thousand per year. The illiteracy tax is come close less to zero, representing than 1% of the population.
Together with Brasilia, Curitiba was the city that grew most in the 1990’s, with a average growth of population of 2,6% a year. The city, has 500 thousand inhabitants in the 1970’s, and has reached 1,587 million inhabitants (2000-IBGE), more than the triple. In average, they are three inhabitants for each domicile.
Curitiba originated from a town of goldwashers, in the 17 century. With the end of the cycle of the gold, the economy of the region became predominantly weaker. In century 19, the agricultural activity was accented with the arrival of immigrants German, Italians, Poles and Ukrainians.
