Apucarana is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The municipality covers 548 square kilometres (212sqmi) at an elevation of 840 metres (2,760ft) above mean sea level. Its 2020 population was estimated as 136,234.[1]
The city is served by Cap. João Busse Airport[2] which is located 10 kilometers (5 nautical miles) southeast of Apucarana.[3]
Economy
In agriculture, the city stands in production of coffee, soy, beans and corn. The industry stands out for leather production (3% of Brazil's total) and the manufacturing of caps (80% of production in Brazil).
Culture
Cherry blossom in Apucarana. The first hundred trees were planted by Japanese descendants in the 1980s. Today the city has more than 20.000 sakuras.[4]
The city received thousands of immigrants from Portugal, Ukraine, Poland, Germany and especially from Japan (who did strong influence in culture like in the Buddhist religion and the amount of cherry trees planted - the city has more than 20,000 sakuras and annually do the "Cherry Festival" to celebrate the Japanese culture[4]).
Races
White
71.95%
Brown
17.84%
Black
5.97%
Asian
3.77%
Natives
0.47%
source: PARDES 2010
Religion
The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apucarana.
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